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- From: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg)
- Subject: Problems with SLS root disk. HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.092259@cs.utwente.nl>
- Keywords: Linux, SLS, OS
- Sender: usenet@cs.utwente.nl
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- Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 08:22:59 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- Hi,
-
- I've ftp-ed the SLS install version of Linux from nic.funet.fi and copied it onto
- DOS formatted floppies. At home I have rawritten files a1 and a2 to formatted
- floppies. Floppy `A1` boots without problems. It asks for the display type and
- after that it displays the following message:
-
- "Insert root disk and press <Enter>"
-
- I then insert disk 'A2' (that is, the rawritten A2 file). The computer reads
- something from floppy and then goes brain-dead.
-
- Am I doing something wrong or doesn't it work on my computer? I have a 40 Mhz 386
- (AMD) with 64 kB cache and 4 MB RAM. My harddisk is a Seagate ST1239A with IDE
- interface. Trident VGA card (T8900). AMI BIOS (05/05/91). PC-Chips M321(?)
- mainboard.
-
- I've tried to disable turbo, cache and shadow, but it still didn't work.
-
- What can be the problem?
-
-
- Jerry
-
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- Jerry van Waardenberg ______ ____ _____ _____
- Tele Informatics and Open Systems / / / / /_
- Department of Computer Science / / / / -_
- University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands / __/_ /____/ _____/
- E-mail: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl
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