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Re: Error in "Install Bootloader" step

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brodie Macleod)
Wed Nov 27 06:33:31 1996

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:30:57 -0400
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From: Brodie Macleod <brodie@atcon.com>
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At 07:48 PM 11/24/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Redhat users :
>
>While installing RH4.0, every step goes through fine until
>installing LILO step where I get
>
>Error occur during step "Install Bootloader"
>
>50$$ for RH4.0 CD get me nothing.
>Very disappointing!
>
>I appreciate it if you could send some workaround.
>
>Here is the config of my system.
>P6 200, adeptec 2940uw, sd1 for NT4.0, sd2 for linux.
>I want to make a boot disk (third option in LILO step of RH4.0 installation)
>
>Thanks!
>

Hey, I have been having those problems too, i tried installing about 8 times
too.
And I finally got it to work, if you still didn't get it working listen to this:
Instead of making the partitions with Linux use FIPS or FDisk.
Thats all there is to it..

L8r






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