Hi Ronald!
Ignorance is ok, we all start somewhere :)
If you are using a floppy to boot this please check which
image you used.
I think you need to change your boot disk image, sounds like
you are attempting to do a network install. As for the
numbers:
NFS stands for Network File Server (Usually a Unix / Linux
server)
The numbers a normal disk based install would ask for are
DNS (Domain Name Server)
an IP Address for the box
netmask (255.255.255.0) probably
gateway (your router)
ipconfig /all would give your these three but not an NFS
number
Ronald Brown wrote:
> Hello Group,
>
> I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to
> install Mandrake 7.0.
> Ok...I am in the installation process and when I get to
> the part that ask
> for the following information:
>
> Please enter the following information:
>
> 1. the name or IP number of your NFS server
> (Since I am running adsl, I choose DHCP and enter the IP
> numbers from the
> ipconfig /all for my dsl server)
>
> 2. the directory on that server containing Linux Mandrake
> for your
> architecture
> (Here is my problem, that server does not contain the
> Mandrake files, it is
> on my local hard drive.)
>
> Have I done something wrong in the download process? When
> I downloaded the
> files, I setup a directory on my hard drive and all the
> files are there. How
> can I point question #2 to those files?
>
> I have also tried the static IP and the same questions are
> always presented
> to me for the directory server containing those files.
>
> I would appreciate any help here. I am dying to try
> Mandrake as an OS system
>
> Thanks,
> Ron
