installation

[Lee]

Are your sure about needing Partition Magic. I only tried to make an
NT/Linux native partition once using NT4 and Mandrake 7.2. It's been
awhile, but I believe that the partitioning part of the installer had
the ability to convert part of the NT partition into Linux native and
installed Mandrake on it. Also I believe that you said that you have 1.3
you can use the partition and format portion of it's installation to
create a Linux native partition, but only if the hd has less than 1024
sectors.

Lee





Herb DeLong wrote:
> 
> 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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