Bob Just a thought, but you could do as I have done and mount the floppy drive *inside* the case, especially if you have a rear drive bay under the PS. This prevents anyone from grabbing the diskette without disasmbling the whole machine first. Craig On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:46:22 Bob Selby wrote: >OK I followed the procedure in the FAQ to the letter and LINUX boots OK, to a point... > >Just after the message "VFS: mounted root (minux file system)" >I get the error "end_request: I/O ERROR, dev 02:00, sector 0" >then "No configuration files (----) found!" >then it halts. > >There is nothing wrong with the hard disk (no bad sectors) and STN runs on this >machine (from >floppy) on a regular basis without problem. > >There are two other partitions on the disk (both inactive at this time). > >Interestingly, if I put the floppy into the drive while it is booting from the hard >disk but before >it reaches the above point - it works OK !!! but reads files from the diskette >rather than the >HD. > >Could it be that the load system is looking for files specificaly on A: ??? and if so >how can I get >around it ?? > >Any advice very welcome. > >PS Before anyone asks - Yes ! I do need to boot from HD - for security reasons. >The STN machine >is "exposed" and even a floppy lock is considered risky. Removing the diskette >after boot is not >an option either as I often need to tweak the configuration remotely on the fly and >reboot. > >Rgds, >Bob > >-- >Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet >Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list > >_______________________________________________________ >Follow the U.S. presidential race on our Politics list! >http://www.topica.com/lists/politics > MailCity. Secure Email Anywhere, Anytime! http://www.mailcity.com -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list _____________________________________________________________ Who will win the Oscars? Spout off on our Entertainment list! http://www.topica.com/lists/showbiztalk
