The first hint of a problem is that "cat" fails.
I don't know why this would fail, but if that fails,
then subsequent steps will not work because of the
missing data as a result of "cat" failing.
Cat seems to be failing because something is wrong
about standard out, which is really bizzare.
-David
Michael West wrote:
>
> Here is my complete session after running `loadwindowsCD'
>
> [root /opt/win4lin/adminbin]# loadwindowsCD reload
> Checking the system.
>
> A Windows boot floppy is needed to complete the load of
> of Windows.
>
> The Windows boot floppy must match the version of Windows
> you are loading.
> You can use a real floppy or image file of such a floppy.
>
> Do you have an appropriate real Windows boot floppy now ? (y/n/q)y
>
> Insert the floppy in the drive and then press return
>
> Reading the floppy.
> 2880+0 records in
> 2880+0 records out
>
> You may now remove the floppy from the drive.
>
> Copying the Windows files.
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Set locale info for current system.
> Pre-Installation Phase: Installing minimal DOS system...
> Installing DOS system files.
> Configuring DOS image files.
> BIOS V2.09 Copyright 1984, 1985 Award Software Inc.
> Quadtel Expanded Memory Manager Copyright(c) 1989, 1990 Quadtel
> Corp.
> All Rights Reserved
> Making MDA Image.
> Images creation completed successfully.
> Pre-Installation Phase: Completed.
>
> Installing MS-DOS files from Windows98 CD-ROM files.
> cat: standard output: Value too large for defined data type
>
> File not found
> Error, failed to extract the DOS system files.
>
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 10:15:02PM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> > I have no cd-rw. I think the problem is that my cd-rom is not bootable, I
> > have tried three different floppy boot disks, including one from www.bootdisk.com
> >
> > I have both a win98 and win95 disk, but neither will load. Either with the
> > gui install or though the loadwindowsCD command, the both die at 50% with
> > file not found.
> >
> > I continue to work with support, I'll give it a couple more days then resign
> > myself to rebooting every day for a while more.
> >
> > Thanks for the help
> > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 04:24:28PM -0500, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
> > > I've got an iso of the win98 boot disk
> > >
> > > --
> > > Austin Gonyou
> > > Systems Architect, CCNA
> > > Coremetrics, Inc.
> > > Phone: 512-796-9023
> > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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