Hi, I'm trying to install debian in a umsdos partition (it's for my father, which cannot repartition the hard-disk). This my plan: 1) install doslinux in /dev/hda1 (DOS partition); 2) go to my Linux system in /dev/hdc1; 3) mount -tumsdos /dev/hda1 /mnt; 4) rm -r /mnt/linux/*; 5) cd /mnt/linux; 6) gzip -cd ~/debian.tar.gz | tar -xf -; (debian.tar.gz is a debian base system prepackaged) 7) put the doslinux kernel zimage.dos in the new linux system and modify the loadlin script supplied with doslinux. 8) edit /etc/fstab etc. 9) go to DOS and make a ZIP archive of /linux 10) deZIP the archive over the hard-disk of my father.
but after step 6, I've a problem: if I go to dos and call loadlin the kernel start, begin to mount the filesystem and then it hang; this happen before of the INIT message. With doslinux the system start normally. I've used a debia 1.3 system. Can anyone en-light me on the problem? Please CC the answer to me: I cannot stand the mail traffic of debian-devel+debian-user. ciao Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .