[ltp] 760XL with a BIG HD Problem

[Brian Beattie]

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On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 16:39, Adam Southerland wrote:
> Good Day...
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> I am attempting to Install Slackware 9.1 on my 760XL but I have a problem=
...
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> First the Floppy and CDRom are swappable. I'm not able to pause the booti=
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> process for the kernel to detect it.
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> Second, the only NIC I have with me is an RTL8139 and with my Laptop, the=
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> 8139too driver fails so installation over NFS doesn't work...
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> third, I have a single HD system so I can't slave the big drive to instal=
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> Linux on..
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> forth, Windows DOS and MS DOS and PC DOS *ALL* fail  to boot with a=20
> partition on the hard disk (the 6Gb limit thing) -- IBM DOS seems to work=
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> though (comes with PowerQuest image center) - I don't have enough DOS fil=
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> to boot Linux from it.
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> fifth, I could cry... Anyone have any ideas for me? (I have NOT tried=20
> freedos)
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> If I can get a DOS installed I can use LOADLIN to start the Linux INSTALL=
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> with my CDROM drive detected... -- Note my Big Drive is a 10Gb Hard drive=
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> I tried making it say it was a 4Gb with the Hitachi util, but DOS still=20
> didn't like it.

If you can get smart boot (btmgr) installed on the hard drive it will
boot from a CDROM drive, I have done this with my 760ED.

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> Thanks!
> Adam
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