Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] installing 5.1 under DOS 6.22
From: Jose Aparicio <jose.aparicio@uca.es> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] installing 5.1 under DOS 6.22 Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 1:20 PM
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, R. Wise wrote:
The install fail message consist in not to be able to reboot? Have you installed Lilo or make Loadlin installation? I suppose you have been able to boot from disk. Please confirm.
I have installed Linux recently (trying almost all versions) and SuSe gave no problems. I use an 'old' p120 with 64M and a Trio32, with 3 HD attached. I repartioned Drive E and used a 500M partition for Linux and 32M for swap. Of course try no to install 'all' or you will collapse the disk
Please give more info if possible.
PS: BTW, I am not a linux guru but an W95 user who uses both OSs.
See you in the Net !!
jose.aparicio@uca.es
I cannot seem to be able to install 5.1. I find the manual very poorly written. Can someone please help. My had drive is partitioned as follows C: 1219, D: 476, E: 191, F: 75. The only reason that I installed DOS was to have an operating sys.
Since I
am using a 486 with an old BIOS I am forced to use a disk manager
I can boot from disk. Then I followed the instructions, partions, change type, format, the when it came to mount point and file systems I got lost. The book does not seem to explain it very well. I want the computer to only run Linux as I want to learn UNIX, X-Windows, Perl, etc. I had NT work Station running before with no problem, server and workstation work fine over network. Guess I'll call Tech support. Thanks R. Weisbloom rweis@sympatico.ca ---------- program.
I want the computer to be used only for Linux. If anyone can give me step by step directions it would be greatly appreciated. I tried to install all the packages and received a message that installation failed. The only reason I want to get this up and going now is to learn UNIX, Perl, and hook it up to my network. Sorry for the length of this post but I am getting very frustrated.
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On 29-Apr-98 R. Wise wrote:
I can boot from disk. Then I followed the instructions, partions, change type, format, the when it came to mount point and file systems I got lost. The book does not seem to explain it very well. I want the computer to only run Linux as I want to learn UNIX, X-Windows, Perl, etc. I had NT work Station running before with no problem, server and workstation work fine over network. Guess I'll call Tech support. Thanks R. Weisbloom rweis@sympatico.ca
How many partitions do you have? What size? If you have one.. just set up the mountpoint / I guess, part of what you need to understand is: Unix/Linux does not have drive letters the way MSDos does. Instead, each partition looks like a directory that comes off of some place on the boot drive. For example, your boot drive in most cases is called / that is, just a slash and is the "root" If I had a second partition, I'd call it /usr That is, the usr directory off of "root". If I were there change directories to "usr", I'd actually be switching from one partition to the next. ---------------------------------- <A HREF="http://homepages.skylink.net/~gecko/index.html"><A HREF="http://homepages.skylink.net/~gecko/index.html</A">http://homepages.skylink.net/~gecko/index.html</A</A>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++ E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
While reading the documentation is ALWAYS a good idea, when first getting into linux I would also recommend reading a good book on the subject. I can't think of a better reference for the linux newcomer than 'Running Linux' by Welsh and Kaufman. I think it will answer many of your questions in clear, concise language, and get you started down the road to unix literacy should you choose to read it. Good luck. R. Wise wrote:
I can boot from disk. Then I followed the instructions, partions, change type, format, the when it came to mount point and file systems I got lost. The book does not seem to explain it very well. I want the computer to only run Linux as I want to learn UNIX, X-Windows, Perl, etc. I had NT work Station running before with no problem, server and workstation work fine over network. Guess I'll call Tech support. Thanks R. Weisbloom rweis@sympatico.ca
From: Jose Aparicio <jose.aparicio@uca.es> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] installing 5.1 under DOS 6.22 Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 1:20 PM
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, R. Wise wrote:
The install fail message consist in not to be able to reboot? Have you installed Lilo or make Loadlin installation? I suppose you have been able to boot from disk. Please confirm.
I have installed Linux recently (trying almost all versions) and SuSe gave no problems. I use an 'old' p120 with 64M and a Trio32, with 3 HD attached. I repartioned Drive E and used a 500M partition for Linux and 32M for swap. Of course try no to install 'all' or you will collapse the disk
Please give more info if possible.
PS: BTW, I am not a linux guru but an W95 user who uses both OSs.
See you in the Net !!
jose.aparicio@uca.es
I cannot seem to be able to install 5.1. I find the manual very poorly written. Can someone please help. My had drive is partitioned as follows C: 1219, D: 476, E: 191, F: 75. The only reason that I installed DOS was to have an operating sys.
Since I
am using a 486 with an old BIOS I am forced to use a disk manager
I want the computer to be used only for Linux. If anyone can give me step by step directions it would be greatly appreciated. I tried to install all the packages and received a message that installation failed. The only reason I want to get this up and going now is to learn UNIX, Perl, and hook it up to my network. Sorry for the length of this post but I am getting very frustrated.
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R. Wise wrote:
I can boot from disk. Then I followed the instructions, partions, change type, format, the when it came to mount point and file systems I got lost. The book does not seem to explain it very well. I want the computer to only run Linux as I want to learn UNIX, X-Windows, Perl, etc. I had NT work Station running before with no problem, server and workstation work fine over network.
Normally you would have a the following mount points:/ <- this should be around 200MB, although mine is at 300MB. /usr <- most of your programs go here, so give it as much room as possible. Finally, a swap partition. It can be up to 128MB in size. That should get the installation going for you. After the install is done go into the /usr/doc/howto directory and read like a mad man. ;-) Dana -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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