There is a quicker method of installing RH5.1 It assumes you have a spare disk (or partition) to install it onto and that you are using IDE disks not a SCSI disk controller. When Win95 is booting press F8 to get a menu and then boot the DOS prompt only. You will then need to edit config.sys to put in the CDROM driver and autoexec.bat to put in C:\WINDOWS\MSCDEX.EXE. Then reboot and repeat the process to get the DOS prompt but you know be able to see the the CDROM. (here is assume drive D:) C:\> E: E:\> CD DOSUTILS E:\DOSUTILS\> AUTOBOOT Regards Bruce Edelsten > ---------- > From: Mara[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 26 August 1998 23:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: creating a boot disk for Red Hat - rawrite chronicles, > part 2 > > I know, I know. This should be simple. I'm running win95 and am > trying to > install (at least I'm trying!) Red hat Linux 5.1. My copy is from > CheapBytes. What happens is this: I format a disk, and I go to > rawrite and > type all of the pertinent information, and it tells me "can't figure > out how > many sectors/tracks on this diskette". I've tried three different > disks and > two different copies of rawrite (just in case my copy had been > corrupted by > the powers that be. . .). Is it a problem with my disk drive, or has > the > spirit of Bill Gates permeated my box completely? > > Thanks much. > > > Mara Lovelace > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 314233 on ICQ, nierika23 on AIM > >
