[95592] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Installing RH on Toshiba laptop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (FRANCISCO IACOBELLI)
Mon Oct 19 15:26:35 1998
From: FRANCISCO IACOBELLI <FIACOBELLI@ibersis.cl>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:27:00 -0400
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Sorry i can=B4t be of help, but tried to do the same, with the same =
results...
same thing happenned when trying to install slackware.... I tried =
smaller
(older) kernels too, but that didn't work either.
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Sibert, Scott [SMTP:Scott.Sibert@yokohamatire.com]
> Enviado el: Lunes 19 de Octubre de 1998 4:07 PM
> Para: 'redhat-list@redhat.com'
> Asunto: Installing RH on Toshiba laptop
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> Hello.
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> I've got an older Toshiba T3400CT (486/33 w/8mb mem, 120mb drive) and =
> I'm trying to install RH51. I have the updated BOOT.IMG and SUPP.IMG =
> files from the updates directory but that doesn't help.
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> When I try to boot from the BOOT.IMG floppy the laptop immediately=20
> comes back with "Boot failed" message.
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> If I try "loadlin vmlinuz initrd=3Dinitrd.img expert" it loads the=20
> kernel, loads the initrd.img and proceeds to load the kernel. I can=20
> see that it recognizes the Toshiba 120mb hard drive and sees the hda1 =
> and hda2 partitions. But when setup gets to "Disk Druid" or "fdisk"=20
> it tells me I have no hard drive installed. ???? The kernel just =
saw=20
> the hard drive!
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> Anyway, I'm still having trouble installing Linux. Anyone have any=20
> suggestions?
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> --Scott
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