Hi David, One quick question, If hda1 was win98 & you where planning to boot to win98, why did you initialize this partition? On the install I think you should only initialize the various linux partitions & leave your win & other os's alone. Dean
David Punsalan wrote: > > Dear Debian Group, > > I am a "newbie" trying to install Linux on my AMDK6-2 350Mhz 92MB RAM 6GB > HD Win 98 PC. > > Progress to date: > - partitioned HD: hda1- ~ 2GB - Win98 Partition > hda2- ~ 72MB - Swap Drive Partition > hda3- ~ 3.3 GB - Linux Native Partition > - initialized and activated swap drive (hda2) > - initialized, activated and mounted hda3 to /target > - initialized, activated and mounted hda1 to /target/usr > - Completely installed base system from floppy disks: resc1440.bin, > drv1440.bin, base1440-1...7.bin (extracts base2_1.tgz) (I retrieved files > from ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/) > > settings: > - installed numberous modules (some failed to install: e.g. - misc/psaux, > misc/ PS-2 mouse) > Settings for 'Making Linux bootable from hard drive' - > - Do you want to install boot record? - NO > - Do you want to to boot linux as default? - NO > made boot disk > > comments: > The above installation was successfully completed after numerous previous > attempts. It is believed that 1st set of floppy disks were somehow > corrupt (Evidence - file size of some .bin files didn't match up with what > I saw at the ftp site) So I carefully made new ones and they worked. > > Installation system FAILED to make boot disk UNLESS I answered 'NO' to > 'Do you want to install boot record?' > I would at least think that it should allow me to make to floppy disk if I > answered YES to 'install boot record' and 'NO' to 'boot linux as default'. > > Problem(s): > 1. System boots to Linux as default despite answering 'NO' to both 'boot' > questions. > > 2. In booting Linux - my AntiVirus program detects a virus. I am able to > continue booting but it says virus will be left on hard disk if I > continue to boot. > > 3. Can't establish PPP connection. Error message complains about > '/etc/ppp/peers/provider' and '/dev/modem.' > > 4. If I try running 'dselect' now, all options (A) Accept, (I) etc... > refuse to run. > > So I'm stuck b/c I can't run Win98 since the boot disk for Win98 doesn't > actually install necessary drivers to run it (it just loads and runs > command.com and you get a:\ prompt). Typing 'win' and c:\ prompt doesn't > do anything. > > I can't install any Debian packages since I can't establish a 'PPP' > connection. > > Pls. respond if you can tell me what to do. > > At the very least - I would like to me able to boot to Win98 as default > again. > > Thanks, > > David > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
