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- From: agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!weasel.demon.co.uk!agc
- Subject: Re: Installing SLS...How???
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:43:02 +0000
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- In article <722153791snx@cosmo.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk> chris@cosmo.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk (Chris Payne) writes:
- >
- > 3. Since a2.z is 1.1Mb there is no point uncompressing it since it won't go
- > on a floppy. I rawrite the file a2.z to a floppy and assume this is the
- > 'utilities' disk. When I tell the install program that I have inserted it
- > it bombs out with...
- >
- > "MINIX-fs magic match failed"
- > "mount: /dev/fd0h1200 already mounted or /user busy"
- >
- > Then I get a few more messages and a # prompt. I can't do anything at the
- > prompt since there are no executables available. End of story.
- >
- > O.K. So why do I get this? Where are the _REAL_ instructions?
- >
-
- You *do* need to uncompress the a2.Z file. I used comp16.exe with the -d switch under DOS
- to do this. You then rawrite the a2 file to the floppy - it doesn't actually get that much
- bigger when it's uncompressed, strangely enough. I *have* tried this, BTW, and it works.
- The a2 disk is the root filesystem.
-
- Cheers,
-
- - Alan.
-
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