Yay, a new problem to fix! :-) "Stephen B Knewtson" <KNEWTSON at prodigy.net> wrote: > I am trying to install Slackware 7.1 on a HP Pavillion. I think I > partioned the drive ok but I am having problems installing. So what partition types/sizes did you settle on? Is this a dual boot system? > I need the CDROM to install. Unfortunately I was booting from the > CDROM and was (apparently) unable to change disks because I guess > it won't let go of the boot drive. This is odd. Can you get a "base" install from a single CD, then add packages from the other CDROM(s) once you have the system up? I would be surprised if two whole CDs were absolutely necessary. > I did partion the hard-drive using fdisk though. When I boot from > the floppy should I be able to mount the drive? You should at least have all the tools you will need to mount the drive. > I tried to mount /dev/hda1 but somehow it jumped the tracks and I > got a 'kernel panic' message. That is pretty intense. What did that mount command look like? > I also tried using the 'root disk' floppy but then I was unable > to login, (when I give my login as 'root' it just reprompts for > the login.)... That's a new one on me. I'd guess the Slack experts on the list might know what that means. Good luck, J --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org