[email protected] wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 10:33:01AM -0800, smoke wrote: > > i downloaded the files from the getting started, dos install. i have > > install, linux > > drv1440.bin, loadlin.exe, root.bin,resc1440.bin and base2_1.tgz. > > i run the install bat and get a command to enter kernal name. i tried > > linux and nothing > > happens. >
> <snip> > > i have two > > partitions. i have the > > files required according to the getting started page in a file on the > > dos partition. > > WHAT DO I TYPE IN FOR THE KERNAL? > > is the base 2-1.tgz a compressed file i have to unzip? > > Yes. This should be covered in the instructions. No. The installer routine will uncompress the file for you at the appropriate time. As mentioned earlier, smoke's problem is *probably* a corrupt "linux" file, resulting from downloading it in Netscape; ftp-ing it down should solve the problem.
