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Article #574Re: not able to install linux on pentium 100
From: David Boston
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:00
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Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
>
> thanks for your help
>
> i tried this:
>
> i put a harddisk with already installed linux in the
> olivetti pc and it booted correct , linux running.
> i took the 1GB-harddisk and put it in a 486, there
> i could install linux also......
> now i understand less than before why i didnt work...
>
> Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i tried to install linux (both suse 6.3 and redhat 6.1)
> > on a olivetti modulo m4 p100.
> > this didnt work.
> > i can boot from disk or cdrom, but then, e.g. when i
> > press <return> on "boot:"..(suse)......then theres
> > written:"loading initrd" but then it doesnt happen
> > anything more, just a black screen.
> > when i was booting from disk there ist was:"loading
> > initdisk.gz" but then also the black screen and nothing
> > more.......
It could be a dead floppy disk, that has happened to me a few times -
one bad sector and it just won't work. Try making up a couple of spare
install floppy disks.
> > what do i make wrong?
> > are there maybe any computers that dont like linux? :-((((
> >
> > help please, i really dont understand wheres the problem
> >
> > mechthild huebscher
> >
> > ps: i installed linux before on two other pcs, this
> > worked fine
>
> --
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> mailto:huebscher@redseven.de
> Homepage: http://www.thp.univie.ac.at/~mgh/
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Regards,
David Boston
bosto@ozlinx.com.au
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