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Re: installing linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Thies)
Thu Mar 8 01:00:26 2001
Message-Id: <200103080600.BAA10136@medusa.lcs.mit.edu>
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 01:00:10 EST
From: Bill Thies <thies@MIT.EDU>
Looks like my floppy was just corrupted, I'm sorry for the emails,
-Bill
> hi,
>
> I'm trying to use the SIPB installer for Athena linux, but I get the
> following message when I try to boot off the floppy:
>
> --
> SYSLINUX ... Peter Anvin (?), etc.
>
> BOOT FAILED: Please change disks and press a key to continue
> --
>
> I made the boot disk by doing "add linux; linux-install-floppy" from a
> linux workstation, and it did something to my disk since windows doesn't
> recognize the file system. I tried this on two new Dell's (a dimension
> 8100 and something else) running windows 2000, and I got the same
> message.
>
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> -Bill
>
