[3195] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: problems installing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Nov 8 21:05:29 2000
To: Benjamin J Haid <dementia@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 08 Nov 2000 21:05:26 -0500
In-Reply-To: Benjamin J Haid's message of "Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:09:38 -0500"
Message-ID: <sjmlmuthpcp.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Sounds like you have a bad floppy. Get a new floppy and try again.
-derek
Benjamin J Haid <dementia@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Linux-Athena on a Compaq Presario 5000.
> When I boot from a boot disk(that I made at an Athena terminal)
> I get the "Welcome to Red Hat Linux 6.2!" screen with a "boot:"
> prompt at the bottom of the screen. If I simply press <enter> I
> get the message "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key
> to continue". If I first type "NFS install", I get the message
> "Could not find kernel image: nfs", and I get another "boot:" prompt.
>
> Basically, the install program does not start up as the instructions
> in the SIPB locker seem to say it should. I've actually made three
> floppies and get the same result with each one. Any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> Ben Haid
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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