Subject: Re: 8500/150 and YDL
From: Robert Vogt IV (robert@arborhost.com)
Date: Fri Nov 24 2000 - 14:18:06 MST
Adrian,
> Thanks for answering so soon. Is good to know it's a
> worthy cause ;-)
:)
> I couldn't run the bootx*.sea file but I unzipped the
> .sit to the system folder and copy those two files to
> the sys folder (root) too. I tried booting then and it
> booted as OS 9 again. Nevertheles, I got into
> sysfolder/bootx and ran bootx and it worked. I clicked
> on Linux and started the install. Is that allright or
> do I need to boot on the install program?
That's the way to do it...
> It looks like it's going to work, though. I followed
> the steps until it asked for partitions and there's
> where I need to learn more. It says I need to use
> fdisk (which I'm not very familiar with). I'll have to
> figure out partitions and stuff (2gb drive, I don't
> want to keep the OS 9 partitions). If anybody can
> suggest partition schemes.
128MB Swap
Rest root (/)
> Is that a Pentium Linux box serving or a M$ box?
Both serving.
> No problem with that, I just need it to print papers,
> resumes, the works (my deskjet is M$ only :-(
>
> Thanks again for all the info. I'll try installing it.
Glad to help.
Sincerely,
Robert Vogt IV
ArborHost
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