Re: floppy install problems

2000-04-20 Thread Tom Anzalone
, 19 Apr 2000 17:14:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: floppy install problems To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > You might try coping the files to floppi

Re: floppy install problems

2000-04-20 Thread russell simmons
I installed slink on my 486. 210mb hd and 12 mgs ram, from floppy. I was trying to install slack, but just couldn't get it to work, so I tried debian and all went fine. If you are making the floppies from windoz, as I did, it is important to do so from dos, and not a dos window, and I would re

Re: floppy install problems

2000-04-20 Thread kmself
Alternatively, a PLIP (parallel port IP) link to another sytem might also work. I'd probably vote for an HD swap myself. On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 05:14:53PM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > You might try coping the files to floppies that have > been formated on the target machine's drive. Or > t

floppy install problems

2000-04-20 Thread Kenneth Scharf
You might try coping the files to floppies that have been formated on the target machine's drive. Or transfer the target machine's floppy drive to the machine doing the copying and then move it back to the tarket machine. Methinks floppy interchange may be a problem. ---