Re: [newbie] boot patch for PI machines

[Bob Read]

-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Silson Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] boot patch for PI machines I think I've got the first problem from the errata page on the mandrake site.I'm trying to load mandrake onto a Pentium I machine, but when I get to the package selection stage of the install, no packages appear.Apparently what I need to do is make a disk with the patch mandrake provides... the only problem is that I'm using a pcmcia cd-rom to load mandrake onto my machine, so I have to boot with a disk instead of the cds.So, how do I make the appropriate disk that contains both the pcmcia boot image, and the patch?? I don't believe  that you  can!   But you can put your patch on a dos floppy,  boot from the  boot flopy and watch for the  program to search for a cdrom.  At That Point --  eject the boot floppy and insert the patch floppy.    That's all it takes. john Bob -- Bob Read