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Re: Uh Oh... problems installing...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Wed Nov 4 18:01:45 1998
From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:23:36 -0000
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RH2.1???
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Van Oostenbrugge <radar@cyber-wizard.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 2:26 PM
Subject: Uh Oh... problems installing...
>had quite the major brain fart... have been trying to install Redhat Linux
>v2.1 from Slakwares install directions... DUH!
>
>But, that posed another problem, slakware helped me create a separate boot
>and root floppy for install (which obviously isn't correct in what I'm
>attempting to install)... So, I created a BOOT image from Redhat's HOWTO's
>(boot0000.img) by using Rawrite.exe in DOSUTILS of the CDROM. It didn't
ask
>me to create a ROOT disk, and I can't find any doc's to tell me how to
>create a separate ROOT disk... Is it even necessary to create a separate
>ROOT & BOOT diskette for installation purposes? or does the rawrite.exe put
>them both on 1 disk? If so, why, when booting off that floppy, does it
>ask/prompt me to (once booted on boot diskette) load the ROOT disk? Can I
>leave the 1st disk in and continue w/install? or do I need that "other"
>disk?
>
>
>
>------------------------
>Steve Van Oostenbrugge
>radar@cyber-wizard.com
>ICQ - 10707631
>
>
>
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