Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 1998, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > : > : > : On Wed, 27 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > : > : > Hmm, I've got a Netra I5 (headless) and I'm using the 25May disks to no > : > avail. It doesn't matter whether I pass a console parameter or not; the > : > system won't accept input when it asks for a disk change. > : > > : > Any ideas? > : > > : > : > : Mine is an older model Netra. I2 I think. Could there be some subtle > : difference in the BIOS or moral equivalent? Could the terminal emulator > : you're using make a difference? These are just wild guesses I'm afraid. > : :-( > > I did get it to work using some creative thinking. I created a small > partition, installed RedHat on the main partition, booted into RedHat, > untarred root.tar.gz onto by small partition, rebooted to the rescue > floppy and specified my small partition as the root. Viola, an install > screen (and no more "Insert root floppy and hit enter ...)
Well, if you can install RedHat, I guess I have to look at the RedHat install disks to see how their boot system is built. BTW, what kind of terminal is connected to your system ? What is the configuration of the serial ? Thanks in advance. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]