Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-03 Thread John Summerfield
> On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 03:48:24PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I ran into a similar problem with RedHat before... I had all the RedHat > > files installed on an unpartitioned disk (/dev/sdb), and the RH > > installer wouldn't let me install from those files! There should be a > > way to es

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Kevin Waterson
Matt Wilson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:04:47AM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: > > Matt Wilson wrote: > > > > hmm, On my personal copy I have removed lilo and substituted a > > non-bios boot loader. this over comes the 1024 problems. > > I'm pretty sure that Steve was talking about the inab

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Steve Dixon
it actually was 3.3.4 that the worked right off the bat, not 3.3.3.4. it said it was falling back to vga16 server. but it still did not work and gave termination signals. im using the text mode to install it right now. it seems to be going just fine. although i did find a bug with the fs moun

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 04:05:45PM -0700, Steve Dixon wrote: > i hit the next button once, but it didnt do anything, so i clicked it > again, which took me to the dependencies. Yea, that means that something went wrong on the individual package screen. It's really quite hard to redirect these me

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Steve Dixon
that is what i was talking about. Matt Wilson wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that Steve was talking about the inability to set > up a "dos" label to dual boot into windows... > -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:04:47AM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: > Matt Wilson wrote: > > hmm, On my personal copy I have removed lilo and substituted a > non-bios boot loader. this over comes the 1024 problems. I'm pretty sure that Steve was talking about the inability to set up a "dos" label to

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Steve Dixon
i hit the next button once, but it didnt do anything, so i clicked it again, which took me to the dependencies. i didnt check on vc1, sorry. also my laptop is a gateway 9150LS, x has a funny time with the video. i do know that with 3.3.3.4 or whatever, that x did actually work w/o any problems

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Kevin Waterson wrote: > > Matt Wilson wrote: > > > > one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up > > > by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux > > > partition, which worked this time. > > > > That's right - I've been working on the lilo code today. Look

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Matt Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 03:48:24PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I ran into a similar problem with RedHat before... I had all the RedHat > > files installed on an unpartitioned disk (/dev/sdb), and the RH > > installer wouldn't let me install from those files! There sho

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Kevin Waterson
Matt Wilson wrote: > > one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up > > by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux > > partition, which worked this time. > > That's right - I've been working on the lilo code today. Look for > more functionality in a rawhide s

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 03:48:24PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > I ran into a similar problem with RedHat before... I had all the RedHat > files installed on an unpartitioned disk (/dev/sdb), and the RH > installer wouldn't let me install from those files! There should be a > way to escape from

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 03:28:10PM -0700, Steve Dixon wrote: > the new(0831) rawhide is getting even closer to sweetness with the new > installer. Excellent. :) > one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up > by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux > part

Re: PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Steve Dixon wrote: > > the new(0831) rawhide is getting even closer to sweetness with the new > installer. one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up > by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux > partition, which worked this time. usually i chose to instal

PCMCIA w/a LS-120

1999-09-02 Thread Steve Dixon
the new(0831) rawhide is getting even closer to sweetness with the new installer. one thing that the installer didnt do quite right is set up by windows(sorry) partition in lilo, i could only add the linux partition, which worked this time. usually i chose to install everything and then choose i