Re: latest potato boot-floppy fails

2001-06-11 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:29:40PM -0700, bri r wrote: > I used the idepci version of the latest boot-floppy for potato. The install.bat >script under DOS is pretty easy--thank-you. However, it failed at the same spot I >had a problem before, (search for "Make boot floppy failed"). It gives t

Re: latest potato boot-floppy fails

2001-06-11 Thread bri r
I tried your suggestion, David. I.e., rescue root=/dev/hda2 (hda2 is where my linux root partition lies). I get a screenful of: "kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-, errno = 8" without quotes of course. Brian --- David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >I don't

Re: latest potato boot-floppy fails

2001-06-11 Thread David Whedon
I don't know wy you can't create a boot floppy, I wish I did. To use your newly installed system you can boot using the rescue disk. I think you can do somehting like: : rescue root=/dev/hda1 Or wherever you installed your system. At the syslinux prompt. Once you have it the way you like it y

latest potato boot-floppy fails

2001-06-11 Thread bri r
I used the idepci version of the latest boot-floppy for potato. The install.bat script under DOS is pretty easy--thank-you. However, it failed at the same spot I had a problem before, (search for "Make boot floppy failed"). It gives the same error messages and behavior. Is there another way