>Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 4 Jun 98, :
>
>
>> >I then deceided to use the normal fdisk to make the particions.
>> >This seemed to work fine. The install proceeds , I format the
>> >partitions, I select virtually everything to install, and at the point
>> >where I guess it should start copying the stuff from the CD, I get the
>> >following error
>> >
>> >"Mount failed:Invalid argument"
>> >What am I doing wrong? How do I get around this?
>
>> If you have chosen to mount the dos partitions, you will get a problem
>> (Linux can't read fat32). I don't know if this is after where you are or
>> before, because I haven't installed in the last few months :)
>
>Thanks Robert, you hit the nail on the head :-)
>I now get as far as installing everything & then I have to say where
>the boot stuff must go. If I choose my either of of 2 hard disks I simply
>get an error. (I assume because of fat32 partitions). I am happy to boot
>linux using a floppy disk but I don't get given the option to do so.
>
>How do I make a boot disk to fire up Linux, I now have it installed with
>no way of firing it up :-(
>
>
Glad to help, but I've never had this new problem. 4.2 gives me the option
to make a boot disk, and I don't have dos on my Linux Box. Make sure that
you install lilo to /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1.
Hope this helps.
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