Re: Install woes

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Don, 2002-02-07 at 23:16, Francois Prowse wrote:
> However I'm getting this problem when I boot using the potato root.bin
> file!
>=20
> Specifically which kernel am I supposed to use to boot this....as it woul=
d
> seem to me to be a kernel problem
>=20
> So far I've tried from the APUS site.
>=20
> 2.2.10
> 2.4.4
> 2.4.9

boot-floppies are tied to the kernel they were built with so it's best
to use the one that comes with them. After installing, you can use
whatever kernel you like.

> Like I said, I'm installing via HTTP and it is successfully pulling down
> the code. (drivers.tgz, rescue.bin) but failing when attempting to mount
> the rescue.bin image.

Have you read install.txt, in particular the part about the 'install
kernel & modules' step? Is rescue.bin needed anywhere else?


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast