Sounds likely! Is it possible to copy the installation files from the CD to the external hard drive and do the installation from there?
I shall no longer be using my 'bigfoot' address. In future please use the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Williams Office L65, Communicable Diseases, WHO P.O. Box PA/OMS/CDS, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva 27, CH 1211 Tel: +41 22 791 4680 Fax: +41 22 791 4268 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 October 2002 14:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Setting up Linux 7.3 on a Dell Latitude I think that part of the problem is that when you have the additional hard disk installed via the docking station, it has a different device name than when it's inserted into the device/media bay. BTW...I don't know if you realize, but you don't have to completely overwrite teh NT installation. You could shrink that NT partition, and then install Linux into the open space. On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Ed: > > I am new to this whole business including list servers and I am not sure > that I understand the etiquette of this yet. But here goes! > > What I have is a Dell Latitude Notebook. It has a media bay into which you > can slot the CD drive and with a docking station you can plug in a second > hard drive at the same time. So I did this, booted from the CD and then > installed Red Hat on the second hard drive. All of that went perfectly well. > Now we have the first potential problem. The Dell can only boot from the > device that is in the media bay. So I take out the CD ROM and put the hard > drive into the media bay. Then when I boot up Linux it goes through about > the first screen of text and then gets to a message which says something > like: "Kernal not found try init = option" at which point it all hangs up > and the only thing to do is to power the machine down. > > If on the other hand I put the CD in the media bay, overwrite the NT > installation on the first hard drive, then everything is perfect. > > Thanks for your help! > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Dekkers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 October 2002 02:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Setting up Linux 7.3 on a Dell Latitude > > > > leaving the Windows NT installation untouched) it appears to install > > perfectly but when I try to run it it starts OK and then freezes the whole > > machine. Can anyone advise? > > More info needed. > > External how? > > Where does it 'freeze'? > > What is the last message on the screen? > > Please provide more info - this really is not enough to begin to try and > guess your problems > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
