From: bugs@cs.montana.edu (Dave Seelmeyer) Subject: SLS package installation Date: 8 Sep 1992 05:55:32 GMT
From: Dave Seelmeyer
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: installation of SLS package
Summary: SLS package installation probs.
Followup-To:
Distribution: world
Organization: Lost in Space
Keywords: install, help, SLS
First of all, please excuse me if this is a mess (chars. in odd places
and such). This thing is a terrible vt100 emulator.
I have downloaded the SLS distribution from tsx-11 and have it on 5.25"
floppies, and I want to install it on my hard drive. I want it to boot
completely from the harddisk (no floppy boot disks) and want the root
to be on the hard drive as well. The first two rawritten floppies do
their job, and all is ok so far. The problem is when I want to do a full
installation (full base and X11). I have tried sysinstall -all and also
doinstall /dev/hda2. With the first, it asks to insert disk #3 in the
floppy drive and press return. Upon doing this, it repeats the message.
It will do this 3 times and return to the prompt. With the second, it
starts with the same disk #3 message and then responds with "magic match
failed" or somesuch and comes back to the prompt.
So, what I want to know is first: what do I have to do to get Linux
installed fully? second, what does the "magic match failed" message
mean? I have read the FAQ, /user/README, and many of the docs at tsx-11.
I also have been reading this group for several weeks now, and have not
seen anything to solve this problem (reading with my eyes closed or
something? maybe...)
Anyway, please help me with this; replies here or e-mail are fine.
Thanks,
Dave Seelmeyer
bugs@cs.montana.edu || oususads@trex.oscs.montana.edu (Internet)
(preferred)