Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I get an error stating Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system with a command at the boot: prompt, or you may have to load a driver that is in a loadable module to solve this problem. I've tried all the other menu selections, and the only other one that works is the shell selection. I am not sure if Linux works on PS/2 computers. Under correction: IBM did not make the specs available on their microchannel computers? /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/
Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote: : On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Hello. : : Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an : IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the : point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I : get an error stating Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make : sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is : started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system : with a command at the boot: prompt, or you may have to load a driver : that is in a loadable module to solve this problem. : I've tried all the other menu selections, and the only other one that : works is the shell selection. : I am not sure if Linux works on PS/2 computers. Under correction: IBM did : not make the specs available on their microchannel computers? It works fine, though the token ring drivers are a bit dodgy. I've successfully installed linux on a model 80, 90, and 53. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
Hello. Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I get an error stating Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system with a command at the boot: prompt, or you may have to load a driver that is in a loadable module to solve this problem. I've tried all the other menu selections, and the only other one that works is the shell selection. If anybody could provide me with just the smallest bit of help, I would be very grateful. Thanx in advance, Jordan Urie email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Tue, 30 Mar, 1999 à 01:10:02AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I get an error stating Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system with a command at the boot: prompt, or you may have to load a driver that is in a loadable module to solve this problem. Perhaps you have an MCA bus and/or ESDI harddrive -- ( - Laurent PICOULEAU - ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Tue, 30 Mar, 1999 à 01:10:02AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I get an error stating Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system with a command at the boot: prompt, or you may have to load a driver that is in a loadable module to solve this problem. Perhaps you have an MCA bus and/or ESDI harddrive If you have a model 50 or later, then you have MCA and ESDI. There's a page for microchannel linux at: http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/default.htm With links to a few sparse notes on doing a debian install. I've got a PS/2 in the basement, and I've just started research into a Linux install on it, let alone a debian install.
