Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work

2000-05-16 Thread ktb
I just found this link which looks like it might get you somewhere -- http://linux.miningco.com/compute/linux/library/weekly/aa040698.htm good luck, kent ktb wrote: > > This may not be related to you immediate problem but I would suspect > your PS/2 has a mca microbus, if I remember correctly.

Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work

2000-05-16 Thread ktb
This may not be related to you immediate problem but I would suspect your PS/2 has a mca microbus, if I remember correctly. If that is the case you can't use a stock Slink. There are people who have put together a kernel and installation disks for machines with mca. It has been so long I don't r

Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work

2000-05-16 Thread David Karlin
Hi Tom, On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Tom wrote: > Hi, > > I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard > drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian > install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 > now with

Can not get a floppy only install to work

2000-05-15 Thread Tom
Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 now with the exact same results and error message. I start with the compact rescue