Kent, Thanks for the reply. I did intially partition the drive using Opendos 7.2 fdisk program. I will try using Linux's fdisk this time and let you know how it works.
Thanks, Tom Date sent: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:23:06 -0600 (CST) From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tom Anzalone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Installation woes > On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Tom Anzalone wrote: > > > I had sent an earlier message regarding installation problems and > > did receive some messages back but was unable to read them. So > > I will try this again. (Thanks to everyone that did reply) I have tried > > to install Debian numerous times on my machine: > > > > P133, 128meg, 8.4 ide, 2.5 ide (install drive for Debian), and a 1 gb > > scsi drive, 40X cdrom ide, 144 floppy drive. > > > > I have installed Red Hat successfully on the 1 gb drive and I use > > system commander to boot between Windows 98 and Linux. I > > installed the 2.5 gb drive to install Debian and partitioned it using > > dos in a 2 gb main and 500 mg swap. I tried to install Debian off > > the CD (version 2.0.2) and was able to boot, partition and intialize > > the drive, pick the keyboard type but when I go to install the kernel > > the installation process says: > > > I'm a bit confused. Did you partition the drive in using DOS's fdisk, or > Linux's? Or does this mean you partitioned part of it for DOS using DOS's > fdisk and part for Linux using Linux's? > > If you partitioned it for Linux using DOS's fdisk, and then just reviewed > the partitions during the Debian install's partition phase, you might want > to delete the Linux partition and recreate it using Linux's [c]fdisk. > > > > > > Starting to extract Rescue disk > > > > Then it blows up and gives and error that extraction of the Rescue > > disk failed (there is a message in the background but the windowed > > message covers it) and that is that. So I tried booting off a rescue > > floppy and then installing off the CD but the same error. I then > > downloaded the disk set off the web. Made a floppy disk > > installation set and tried it once again. Guess what, same place > > same error! I would appreciate any help at this time. I have > > checked the installation instructions numerous times thinking I > > missed something as well as checking this mailing list and web > > site for help. I would really like to get this installed. Thanks for > > any help. > > > > Tom Anzalone > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. > Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! > > Tom Anzalone