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RE: Linux and 120Mb floppy

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From: Iain D
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00
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Hi,
I'm trying to install Redhat 5.2 from CD but I am having problems getting my
boot disk to work.

I recently installed a new 120 Mb Floppy drive which comes of my IDE adapter
and I was faced with a blank screen each time I tried to boot.

I thought I'd overcome the problem by copying my CD onto my hard disk and
used the AUTOBOOT option in the DOSUTILS folder to get things started.

This worked until it came to selecting boot options. I chose to write a boot
disk instead of using the LILO option but my system hanged trying to write
the disk.

I get the feeling that even if i'd chosen the LILO option I would have faced
these problems each time I tried to access the floppy drive.

Is there a way to get LINUX working with these 120Mb IDE Floppy drives??????

Any answers are greatly appreciated.

Iain
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Subject: RE: Linux and 120Mb floppy
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