Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kevinok, before I began this reply I dug out my boot floppy (a HD 1.44 floppy disc made into a boot disc in a standard 3 1/2" drive) and stuck it in my ls-120, then rebooted (I set the bios to boot the Ls-120). It was excruciatingly slow (much slower than a standard floppy boot), but booted

Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-18 Thread Sean Geoghegan
] Subject: Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem I have the messages back to september, and don't see any resolution to the problem, I don't seem to be able to mount the drive, the light doesn't even light. Alan Shoemaker wrote: Kevinthe Ls-120 problem was discussed at great length several

RE: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-17 Thread Jim Canfield
Sound like you messed up making your partitions. I had the same problems when I first started installing linux for fun. You probably have a large hard drive and several primary partitions. Here's a few rules to follow... 1. Don't use disk druid unless you are setting up a clean hard drive or

Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-17 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kevinthe Ls-120 problem was discussed at great length several months ago on either this list or the expert list. I believe the bottom line was that an HD floppy with the boot info on it would boot fine in an LS-120 drive, but there was no practical way to make a boot floppy using an Ls-120.

Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-17 Thread Kevin Sexton
I have the messages back to september, and don't see any resolution to the problem, I don't seem to be able to mount the drive, the light doesn't even light. Alan Shoemaker wrote: Kevinthe Ls-120 problem was discussed at great length several months ago on either this list or the expert