On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:33:47PM +0200, Miroslav Mazurek wrote: > I'm trying to install Potato (2.2r3) on PC with 386/387, 16MB, 2GB SCSI IBM, > Advansys SCSI, ATAPI CDROM and NE2000 compatibile. > Does this make any sense? Would that configuration be usable for anything? > Any suggestions? I run SCO on such configuration years ago.
It should be usable, just watch what you install. I'm writing this on a system that is a little newer (a P100 laptop) but also with 16M RAM, a 2GB harddrive, and a SCSI CDROM. This system is used (but a little slow) for everything that I do. I merely have an average load average of about 1.5 - 3.0, with occasional spikes to ~7 (don't let this scare you... I'm on a network that _requires_ java to use the internet, and I'm online while compiling kernels, and in X, and doing homework with programs that recommend a system with 2-3 times the processing power of mine, and running a terminal off my serial port, and half a dozen other things at the same time). > Problem is: > > I have Debian on CDROM but I can't boot from CDROM. > I made rescue and root disc and 4 or 5 driver discs. (I also tried with > compact which have one driver disc - it should also support advansys > controller) > After beginning of instalation I am ofered to load modules from disc, I > supply driver disc but inst. program says - cannot mount floppy. I remember having some floppy problems when I installed debian a few months ago. I also remember that each time there was a problem with a floppy, it was a bad block or two that caused it. I know from experience that it is somewhat difficult to mount a floppy when its first couple of sectors are bad. > After that I cannot do disk partitioning because advansys is not recognized. > Any idea? You can always try a more recent set of disks. Checking the kernel-config for the 2.2r4 installation floppies, advansys is compiled in. The current potato is 2.2r6 -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
