So far the floppy drive hasn't recovered, but I haven't removed it and checked out the jumpers. Tried again on install, and, using the LSU CDs got through install. There was an error early on, but I couldn't catch the text spread out on the screen. It went through installing 519 packages, asked a few questions, made a boot floppy, and started to reboot. It gets through the list of devices and hangs. Tried reset several times, with the same result. Perhaps this is progress; at least it keeps me busy. Afraid I'm not going to be the poster boy for building one's own Linux box anytime soon, but I'm building character. Choppy At 07:16 PM 7/15/01 -0500, you wrote: <em>>At 07:04 PM 7/15/01, you wrote: <em>> <em>> >The plot thickens. Decided to check out the hard drives with Partition <em>> Magic. <em>> >Made rescue diskettes. Booted the Linux box with the first <em>> diskette. It asked <em>> >for the second. Inserted it. Failure. But I was at the A:\ prompt, so <em>> I did DR <em>> >with the *second* diskette in the drive, but the display showed the <em>> first. Made <em>> >sure they are indeed disketts 1 and 2 with proper label. <em>> > <em>> >Somehow the Linux box diskette drive fails to notice that the diskette <em>> has been <em>> >changed......remember reading something about that. Probably need to take <em>> >it in to a shop better equipped to trace the hardware. <em>> > <em>> >Anybody want to guess why it doesn't install booting from CD? I <em>> haven't a clue. <em>> > <em>> >Choppy <em>> <em>>I remember a situation where only the first diskette was recognized, and <em>>the second still showed as the first. When I took it in to the dealer, <em>>they pulled out a can of air and blew out the dust. Then it worked just <em>>fine. Hopefully your floppy problem is as simple. <em>>Terry <em>>-- <em>>Terry Stockdale -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baton Rouge, LA <em>>website: http://www.dadstoy.net <em>>PalmOS Apps: http://www.dadstoy.net/palmosapps.htm <em>>computerstuff: http://www.dadstoy.net/computer.htm <em>> <em>>================================================ <em>>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>>your subscription information. <em>>================================================ <p>================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> John Hebert: "Re: [brluglist] Re: Continuing Saga" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> robert leche: "Re: [brluglist] HAM operators to the rescue?" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Terry Stockdale: "Re: [brluglist] Re: Continuing Saga" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> John Hebert: "Re: [brluglist] Re: Continuing Saga" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> John Hebert: "Re: [brluglist] Re: Continuing Saga" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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