[nmglug] P133

[a_kaluta]

Jason;
I will give knoppix a try,Do you know if knoppix run on 32 Megabites of Ram? 
Anthony Kaluta
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Davis" <mohadib at openactive.org>
To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at nmglug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nmglug] P133


> On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 13:36 -0600, a_kaluta wrote:
>> Dear Glug Members;
>> I tried loading "potato" on the,  aforesead-mentioned, computer both 
>> before
>> and after I changed to "boot from CD"...with no luck.
>> Internet research suggested booting from floppy disk.
>> which evokes a whole new set of problems for this novice.
>> Is the suggestion to boot from floppy disk because the disk may be 
>> written
>> to a "fat" files system?
>> Is  the floppy a good direction ,Lac tutorial mentioned Suse 9 recovery 
>> disk
>> alas a quick perusal of the site did not reveal its location, would 
>> persuit
>> and location of the recovery disk be a better focus.
>>  Any shared thoughts Cabelleros.
>>                                             Thanks Anthony Kaluta
>
>
> can you boot knoppix
> if so , your deb CD might be bad
>
> if that still fails (after making sure the bios is set to boot from cd)
> I would by a new cdrom , or make sure it is plugged in and pinned right.
> Maybe test the cdrom in another box.
>
> Good Luck,
> jd
>
>
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