Re: Windows 2000, Omnibook 500 Install Difficulties

2001-07-31 Thread Kent Pirkle
Adam, I just went through the same experience with my Omnibook 500. Win2K isn't the problem. Its the nature of the USB floppy. The Debian boot disks for the Omnibook require that you use the floppy in the docking station. I was able to do an install of RedHat 7 using their net install floppy, sin

Re: Windows 2000, Omnibook 500 Install Difficulties

2001-07-31 Thread Al Stone
Have you tried the boot floppies that can be found at http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/omnibook? I don't know for sure if the configuration you mention works, but they have been set up specifically to work properly on an OmniBook 500. I've used them on several OmniBook 500s and OmniBook 6000

Re: Windows 2000, Omnibook 500 Install Difficulties

2001-07-31 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă
On 31/07/2001, 10:49:51, Adam Kessel wrote: >Amusingly, a google > search for "windows 2000 linux install" gives you "How to Remove Linux and > Install Windows 2000 or Windows NT on Your Computer" from > support.microsoft.com. > > (who woul

Re: Windows 2000, Omnibook 500 Install Difficulties

2001-07-31 Thread James
It's a shame that the windows 2000 dosn't boot anymore because the simplest would have been to repartition using partition magic or something similar. Then copy all the files needed for the installation, boot images, and loadlin and start the install from dos, diskette if neccesary. I managed

Windows 2000, Omnibook 500 Install Difficulties

2001-07-31 Thread Adam Kessel
Hi All: It doesn't appear to me that anyone has addressed the difficulty of installing Debian on a laptop with no CD-ROM drive, external floppy, and Windows 2000 pre-installed (I've checked the lists archive and linux-laptop.net, so please point me in the right direction if I'm missing something)