Hello Mircea! I already solve the first problem but still have one. I managed to run the loadlin archive and run the linux kernel, it began detecting all my computer devices, well at least that was what I think it was doing.
BUT, during this checkout, it stopped on a line that goes like this "RAMDISK compressed image found at block 0". and inmeditally before it checked my partitionings. As i already told you I have partitioned my hardisk with "fdisk" so I could run Windows and Linux at the same time, right now I'am on Windows. I dont know if the way I partitioned my disk was correct, and could be causing some trouble like the ones I already explained to you. Could you help on this one, your las sugestion was just right, so I thought you could help on this one, and as you told I am posting this on the users list. Thank you very much, Atila. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mircea Luca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gerardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: Re: INSTALLATION TROUBLE > > CC'd to debian-user for other ideas > > Gerardo wrote: > <SNIP personal message> > > I´m a new user to Debian. I have been traing to install several times your > > "vanilla" flavor of debian in to my cumputer. > > It's not mine,I'm just another user .:-) > > > I partitioned my harddisk with MS-DOS "fdisk" command, and no I got one > > primary partition of about 1.5GB and another partition of about 1.5GB too, > > it seems to me that I wrote the second one as extended. > > No need to create the second partition with DOS's fdisk.You have to > delete it > anyway to create the LInux and Linux swap partitions-unless you want > them logical > partitions. > > > The problem is I havent been able to install Debian in one of those > > partitions, I am running Windows on one partition and want to stick with it > > at the same time. > > > > When I boot my computer with (F8) in to MS-DOS, I call my drive > > D:\Debian\vanilla\install.exe, so the installation stops and asks me the > > direction of my kernel image. > > > > I have already downloaded the files as follows: > > > > D:\Debian\vanilla\base2_2.tgz > > D:\Debian\vanilla\drivers.tgz > > D:\Debian\vanilla\install.exe > > D:\Debian\vanilla\linux.txt (i think this is the file not found) > > D:\Debian\vanilla\dosutils\loadlin > > D:\Debian\vanilla\images-1.44\driver-1.bin > > D:\Debian\vanilla\images-1.44\rescue.bin > > D:\Debian\vanilla\images-1.44\root.bin > > You're missing the file linux which is the kernel.Also the install is > AFAIK > install.bat .This is a batch file,which you should open with an editor > edit in a DOS cosole(MSDOS prompt) and give the full path to the kernel > image > e.g. loadlin c:\debian\vanilla\linux ........ > > > My machine is AMD-586, 54MB RAM, 3GB (actually partitioned). I would really > > like to install Debian and get to work this system so if you could give any > > sugestion, it will be a lot of help. I dont like to be stick with Windows > > any more. > > I suggest you read this: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install > It's pretty straight forward. > This is what I've read when I started with Linux-Debian was my first > Linux install. > > > By the way if you have any documentation on programming (basic programming) > > on LINUX, I would really apreciate it. > > Sorry. I'm more of a hardware type.I would suggest a search or some > books. > Try http://www.google.com/linux > > > *Note: I downloaded the files without going in to any folder of any other > > flavor, I asumed that the first files to appear were "vanilla". > > > > Thanks, > > > > P.S. Please post to the list,they're a lot of helpfull people on the > list who > may have had the exact same problem as you did and are more cluefull in > other > problems regardsing install/config of certain packages a.s.o. Direct > mail is > not recommended unless specifically required.
