installation

[Herb DeLong]

I thank you for the suggestion but with WindowsXP I needed Partition
Magic7.0. I used the CD's as the book showed without success.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee" <rathaus at gtcom.net>
To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: installation


> Agree with the possibility of a bad install cd or cdrom drive. Also I
> would forget Partition Magic and use the expert mode on the install cd
> to set up the Linux partitions and put the boot up in the mbr.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>
> "Net Llama!" wrote:
> >
> > First, kill the HTML email, and fix your word wrap so its something
> > under 80char/line.
> >
> > It sounds like you might have a bad install CD, considering the number
> > of probems you're experiencing out of the box.  Also, verify that your
> > floppy drive works, and that you have a good floppy.
> >
> > Finally, be aware that COL2.4 is *OLD*, really old.  THe latest from
> > Caldera is COL3.11.
> >
> > Herb DeLong wrote:
> > > Installing e-desktop 2.4, onDell Pentium4. I used Partition Magic 7.0
to
> > > partition hard drive. Iinstalled with CD. at end of install screen
> > > askedto make rescue disk. I complied and window came up with
> > > warning."Could not copy kernel to floppy" I clicked O.K. Then finish
and
> > > Error note came " No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel"
> > > left Alt-F2 and F3 would not let me enter anything. Though I didn't
know
> > > what to enter I was going to try something. I had to use
Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
> > > What should I have done? at each problem?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
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