Dale, thanks for your help. I was unable to run rawrite2 on my computer (it kept hanging) so I was using an earlier version which must not have been working correctly. I created the disks with rawrite2 on a different computer and also used the special tecra files. Installation was a success !!
thanks again David --------------------------------- David Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] College of Natural Resources University of California, Berkeley Dale Scheetz wrote: > There are several possibilities for these errors. First make sure you have > a top quality floppy (Check it with Norton DD or some such). Bad floppies > is the most common cause of failure. It is also not clear exactly how you > are using rawrite (BTW, this should be rawrite2.exe, found in the same > directory). If you are running windows, you will want to get to the dos > prompt for this, as windows will interfere with the write process. If you > have '95 the problem is more complex and I will deferr to someone with > more experience with that problem. > In addition, many laptops have problems with the bzImage that is provided > on the installation disk. Depending on which section of disks you > downloaded, there should be a special subdirectory that contains a tecra > and a v30 directory. The tecra kernel is a zImage and should work on your > machine. I would try these resc and drv disks and see if that helps the > problem. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .