Installation Problem

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#5963

Author: ccarter
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00

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I've been trying to install Netware 5 for the last week and I am at my
wit's end as to what to try next.  I get no error messages, it just
echos install and a line of dots underneath, then reboots.  I made the
DOS partition (both 50M and a 750MB at different times)  with 6.22
fdisk, formatted and copied the system files onto the partiton,
installed the CD drivers and let that program make autoexec/config files
so there was no himem involved.  I tried to access Novell's hardward
list but couldn't  access the server so I don't know if all my equipment
is "certified" -- my set up is a 6.5G Seagate IDE drive, a 50X Antec IDE
CD-ROM, 96M of RAM, Gigabyte Mb with Ali chipset, LinkSys EtherFast
10/100 LanCard, and a Creative Labs Riva TNT Pci video board with 16M of
RAM.  I do have a 750M partition at the beginning of the hard drive that
was made with Partition Magic and formatted for Linux that DOS sees as
non-DOS.  Could this be a problem?

I'm a student and have wasted my whole spring break trying to make some
headway.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Carmela

Re: Installation Problem

#5964

Author: Brian Culligan
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00

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I spoke to the two people in the Dept who know the most about Linux - they
are both of the
opinion that it is your Linux partition that is causing you the problems. 
If you want a multiple
boot system with Linux on it, install Linux after the DOS partition.

How to get rid of your Linux partition?  The one person told me he installs
SCO over Linux and
the other suggested Partition Magic or the FDISK /MBR command in DOS

ccarter <ccarter@mail.icongrp.com> wrote in article
<38DEA308.5B4068A4@mail.icongrp.com>...
> I've been trying to install Netware 5 for the last week and I am at my
> wit's end as to what to try next.  I get no error messages, it just
> echos install and a line of dots underneath, then reboots

snip

I do have a 750M partition at the beginning of the hard drive that
> was made with Partition Magic and formatted for Linux that DOS sees as
> non-DOS.  Could this be a problem?
>

Re: Installation Problem

#5965

Author: Greg Roth
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00

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use the dos debugger to wipe clean the partition table::
debug
f200 l200 0
a 100
mov ax,301
mov bx,200
mov cx,1
mov dx,80
int 13
int 3
<an extra enter here>
g=100
q

will write 512 bytes of zeros at the start of the disk (over the mbr and
partition table)


    -Greg
Brian Culligan <bculligan@metro.co.za> wrote in message
news:01bf9801$d4d9dc60$486860ac@brianc...
> I spoke to the two people in the Dept who know the most about Linux - they
> are both of the
> opinion that it is your Linux partition that is causing you the problems.
> If you want a multiple
> boot system with Linux on it, install Linux after the DOS partition.
>
> How to get rid of your Linux partition?  The one person told me he
installs
> SCO over Linux and
> the other suggested Partition Magic or the FDISK /MBR command in DOS
>
> ccarter <ccarter@mail.icongrp.com> wrote in article
> <38DEA308.5B4068A4@mail.icongrp.com>...
> > I've been trying to install Netware 5 for the last week and I am at my
> > wit's end as to what to try next.  I get no error messages, it just
> > echos install and a line of dots underneath, then reboots
>
> snip
>
> I do have a 750M partition at the beginning of the hard drive that
> > was made with Partition Magic and formatted for Linux that DOS sees as
> > non-DOS.  Could this be a problem?
> >
>

Re: Installation Problem

#5966

Author: Ken Agress
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:31:44 -0500, "Greg Roth" <GRoth99@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

>use the dos debugger to wipe clean the partition table::

This is getting pretty extreme.  :-)

The other suggestions should work just as well.

Ken Agress/CNE
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