Hi, On Thu, 01 Apr, 1999 à 02:05:26AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > IBM PS/2, 386 > 6 megs ram > 58 meg esdi hard drive > MCA (ugh!) architecture > 1 1.44 floppy > > Ok. I tried the fdisk fix. No good. I tried the MCA site > http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/default.htm that was suggested. It mainly delt > with using slackware. Is this an eazier option? Is thare anyone on the > list who has tried this method? I tried it myself, downloading the > recommended files (ibmmca.s - boot disk, and color.gz - root) > unfortunately, the setup sort of hangs after the root disk is loaded.
You machine hasn't enough RAM for the normal slackware installation. You should read the docs concerning lowmem installation but I don't know if combining MCA, lowmem and only one floppy is manageable... BTW, I had no problem with ESDI drives but it was not on an MCA machine. On a PS/2 machine your drive is probably /dev/eda instead of /dev/hda. HTH -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \) Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur ! (/ | \_|_ Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
