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sleepingbear
09-04-2001, 02:27 PM
Hello all.
I've installed Zipslack (real tiny version of Slackware) a few years ago. I mainly had it to play around with the OS. The harddrive was getting really cramped (2Gb) so, with lengthy ceremony, I removed it.
Now I just added another HD (20Gb). Windows ME now runs on a 10Gb partition of the new HD. The other 10Gb I use for files. I want to use the old 2Gb HD for Linux. I also got a new modem. I want to reinstall zipslack briefly to verify that the modem is compatible.

My Problem: I'm not sure what HDA (etc..) to point linux.bat to. Every time I boot using my boot disk (that points to linux.bat) it appears that the kernel cannot be found.

I'm not sure what drives are master or slave in my system but I'm betting on the 20Gb drive being the master.

Any help and/or guidance would be appreciated. :)

Linuxcool
09-04-2001, 11:39 PM
Check the jumper on your 20GB drive and make sure it is set to master. If you connect your 2GB drive to the same cable as your 20GB, then set its jumper to slave. Your 20GB drive will be hda and your 2GB drive will be hdb. Then just edit your linux.bat file to point to the linux partition on hdb. I believe there is a line in there that says ' root = /dev/hda? '. The ' ? ' is your partition number. Just change the ' hda? ' to ' hdb? '. I hope that works.

sleepingbear
09-05-2001, 01:45 PM
Got it... It now works! :D
Thanks!

Linuxcool
09-06-2001, 01:20 AM
You're welcome.