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Problems with Bootdisk....

Andreas

Problems with Bootdisk....
« on: February 22, 2000, 03:07:53 PM »
Hallo everyone,

can anyone help me out....i have much problems wile the install prozess....

yes....i now my english is very pur......ofcourse i am a stupid
german user ;-))

I could only start the installation using a win98 bootable cd.......the system
wouldn´t start up with the original bootdisk....???

I make some test with different systems.......SCSI / IDE but nothink fits :-(

I always got a message like this..........please inside an other disk/cd !!!!

mmmm.......who knows the reason for my problem !

cu. Andreas Meier

Charlie Brady

RE: Problems with Bootdisk....
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2000, 01:50:12 AM »
Andreas wrote:

> I could only start the installation using a win98 bootable
> cd.......the system wouldn´t start up with the original
> bootdisk....???

The e-smith system cannot be installed from a bootable CD, it needs to be booted from a floppy disk. The floppy disk image to use is the one with e-smith in the name, in the directory "images" on the CD.

I hope this help you.

Charlie