installation

[Lee]

No need to be nasty with the man Zoran. He has a problem and one of the
purposes of this list is to help solve those.

Herb: It's been awhile since I ran 2.4, but I seem to remember that I
installed it through the W98 OS by accessing the setup on the cd. Course
the W98 was on a FAT32 partition, but I believe that was the only way I
could get 2.4 to install on that particular box. 

Lee



Herb DeLong wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I'll try again.
> I have a Dell Pentium 4.I've partitioned it with Windows XP as boot
> partition. I tried to install COL e-desktop 2.4 with floppies and I got
> message it couldn't install on this machine.
> I attempted to install using CD at boot time several times. At end of
> install when you insert the new diskette for Rescue Disk error window comes
> on:
>           -               LIZARD<2>            X
> !  Could not copy kernel to floppy.
> 
>                               [O.K.]
> I clicked OK
> Then I clicked finish
> Then error note at top of black page:
> Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel.
> I tried left Alt-F2 & F3 to type anything that might work but it didn't
> accept any typing.
> I did Ctrl-Alt-Delete to get out and re installed several times but always
> the same errors.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zoki" <zoki.news at linuxix.2y.net>
> To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 7:14 PM
> Subject: RE: installation
> 
> > *** Listen Herb,
> >
> > either get off your horse and be more verbose (less complaints and more
> info
> > that can get us started with helping you out) or do it your self.
> >
> > I repeat the question several list members posed: What are the error
> > messages you get and at which point do you get stuck? And do not bother
> > referring me or others to a date, we are no hot line techs and we do not
> > archive your calls...
> >
> > Zoran
> >
> >
> > > -----Message d'origine-----
> > > De : linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org
> > > [mailto:linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org]De la part de Herb DeLong
> > > Envoy? : dimanche 14 juillet 2002 16:13
> > > ? : linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> > > Objet : Re: installation
> > >
> > >
> > > see 07/13/2002
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ken Moffat" <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
> > > To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 3:27 PM
> > > Subject: Re: installation
> > >
> > >
> > > > Herb DeLong wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I had COL 1.3 on my old Computer, then I got 2.4 and got it on but
> > > without
> > > > >sound or CD. I now have a new computer and the drive is
> > > partitioned but I
> > > > >cannot get 2.4 on it.
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
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