[Rule-list] Images seem to work well

[James]

This list got suddenly quite have I stopped recieving?


On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 20:11:04 -0600
Gordon Buzowetsky <idesofmarch at sk.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>   Hi all....I'm kinda new here....friends usually call me gordo...I hope
I'm
> posting in the right place.  I've been around Linux for a couple years,
and
> I like the concept of what you all are trying to accomplish here,
> unfortunately my nix experience is not RH based so please bear with
> me....but anyway...I downloaded the 0.7.0 images...boot.img,
oldcdrom.img,
> and drvnet.img.
>   Made the floppies with rawrite and plugged boot.img into my old 486
DX2
> w/16meg ram.   It booted flawlessly...and actually much faster than I
> thought it ever could; from a floppy based boot anyway.
> 
>   I have a 2x cdrom (creative) hooked to a SB16 soundcard...I tried
using
> the 'linux dd' boot option and it went well; switched over to the cdrom
> menu.  Unfortunately this is where my testing must stop for now....as I
> don't have current RH 7.2 disks and I'm not sure if the installer found
my
> cdrom.  I tried this on my athlon...all went well but;  but seems the
> installer didn't like the look of my RH 5.1 disk....and then it told me
it
> couldn't find a RH disk...:-))   Will be getting current RH disks
ASAP....
> 
>   Is there anyway I can get a 'dmesg' up???   I tried switching consoles
> after booting but I'm not real sure about what I'm looking at
there....not
> familiar enough with the RH installer to know.  And also what parameters
> should I add in to the menu...for the old cd drive??
> 
> Also...guess it helps to do the 'readme' thing.....I thought all three
> should have been bootable..:-))....after the second download and
> re-make....I thought the disks weren't any good....then I did  the
> readme....aha....the other two are driver disks.....(bonehead should
maybe
> read the docs first!!!!)    But seriously,  could they be possibly
sorted in
> a subdirectory as to 'boot.img' and then supplemental driver disks....to
> avoid confusion for newbs like me...:-))
> 
> Later...G
> 
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