I have never seen that error. It shouldn't be your hardware. The system requirements are: Intel and compatible systems e.g. AMD. i486 and higher CPU ( Pentium and higher recommended ) 16MB RAM( 32MB and up recommended ) SuperVga 640x480 ( 800x600 recommended ) Hard Disk requirements: Minimal install - 500MB Full install - 3.0GB Recommended - 4.0GB IDE and SCSI supported. CDROM drive Mouse
I've never had an install fail with LibraNet. Any chance your image is bad? I can run my CDs over and let you try them. Nothing like tested good CDs to remove a posibility. The boot disk issue is probably true of a number of distributions. I remember having that problem with RedHat 7.0 now that I think about it. It wasn't on my system. I was installing for a friend and had to make the disks on a Windows 3.11 PC. It was a bit of a pain. I hate to include floppies with our CDs. You can get a virus onto floppies. I guess we could include a step-by-step set of instructions, or a map to cccc. Doug --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a 5.7 G, and I used 240 MB for the swap. Nothing else on the > drive. > Larry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <General@brlug.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed > distrib > utions to donate > > > > Larry: > > What was the size of your HDD? You needed at least 600MB for the > > initial install. You needed a partion at least as large as you > RAM > > fr the swap file. All of that should have been in the readme.txt > > > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Next problem. I wiped all info off the primary drive and > divided it > > > into the > > > main and a swap drive. I then started the installation and > after > > > about 15/20 > > > minutes I get an error message: Basesystem failed, and the next > > > error > > > window: Base install failed. > > > I then try to restart and there is no active OS available. > > > I did not have any of these problems when I installed Mandrake. > > > Larry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <General@brlug.net> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:42 PM > > > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] > Proposed > > > distrib > > > utions to donate > > > > > > > > > > When Jim mentioned about the 8.3 filename, I had to copy the > > > files to the > > > > hard drive and rename them. The problem is that the ide and > scsi > > > files are > > > > on the same directory. Once I had the files named right, the > > > "rawrite" > > > > program wrote to the floppies. > > > > I think this is a major problem for anyone that has to make > the > > > floppies. > > > > Without DOS experience, one would not know what to do when > > > nothing works. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <General@brlug.net> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:17 PM > > > > Subject: RE: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] > > > Proposed distrib > > > > utions to donate > > > > > > > > > > > > > The debian address was a cut and paste (read operator) > error. > > > If it > > > > > is not working for either file, it could be a file name > size > > > issue, > > > > > although I do not remember having that issue... the file > sizes > > > on > > > > > those should be 474560. Try it with just: rawrite > > > floppy1-ide.img > > > > > skipping the variables. Let's see if you get an error and > if > > > so, > > > > > what it is. > > > > > > > > > > I have to go pick up my daughter, back about a quarter till > > > six... > > > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > General@brlug.net > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General@brlug.net > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > ===== > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > > > ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; > they are > the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
