From: chasw@essex.ac.uk (S. W. Chan) Subject: problem install SLS Linux Date: 14 Apr 1993 16:15:03 GMT
I am new to Linux and am trying to install it to my system and experienced some problems.
I have the following hardware spec.
486DX - 33MHz
8M RAM
Seagate ST3238A IDE 245M hard drive (solely for Linux)
Rodime IDE 101M hard drive (solely for DOS)
1.44M floppy drive
SVGA display
When I put disk a1 into the floppy and reboot, the system reads it without any problem until it comes to the part where the user has to key in drive that installation is done from. Below is the message that appear on the display:
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4) Drive B, 5.25in
Enter Drive You Will Be Doing The Installation From (1/2/3/4): 2
MINIX -fs magic match failed
mount: unknown error 26240
/dev/ram on / type minix ()
Further instructions can be found in the file /user/README.
Type 'more /user/README' to look at it.
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I tried to list the directory but no files or directories are found.
I have also look at the latest posting of FAQ that suggested using 'rdev' to correct to problem, but the file can not be found.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong and what should I do.
Thanks in advance for any hint.
..Kenneth
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Kenneth Chan S.W.
e-mail: chasw@sx.ac.uk
Department of ESE, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK