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Article #2509RE: Linux and 120Mb floppy
From: Iain D
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00
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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