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From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dumb install question
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:12:57
Message-Id: 3A69EAED.E798B84D@gottinger.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dumb install question by drobbins@gentoo.org
1 drobbins@g.o wrote:
2
3 > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:44:25PM -0500, Bob Collins wrote:
4 > > I am trying to install Gentoo Linux 1.0rc3 onto a new box. AMD K6-2 550,
5 > > 96MB ram, 10GB HD, Mach 64 based video card, 3Com Nic. Nothing unusual.
6 > >
7 > > I have downloaded the iso image and burned it under Windows NT using
8 > > Adaptec software. I have used this method for many Redhat and FreeBSD
9 > > ISOs, with never a trouble. This new box will boot the Redhat or FreeBSD
10 > > cds fine, but the Gentoo will not. I receive a cdrom boot failure
11 > > notice.
12 > >
13 > > Can the ISO be burnt under NT? Or must it burn under Redhat or some
14 > > such?
15 >
16 > First, you'll need to wait for Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc4, because the current
17 > version is incompatible with AMD K6 processors. However, burning the CD from
18 > Windows should work. Possibly this is due to the K6 incompatibility?
19 >
20
21 Hmm, the image is not fully ISO compatible, I used a not so strict ISO-level to
22 allow the usage
23 of filenames longer that 32 chars (joliet). Maybe that can cause problems when
24 burned from windows.
25 I use xcdroast under linux over here.
26
27 Bye Achim
28
29 >
30 > 1.0_rc4 is coming soon; that should work for you.
31 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Dumb install question Cymen Vig <cvig@××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Dumb install question John Allen <john.allen@××××××.ie>