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From: jezmund@virginia.edu (Your name here!)
Subject: installation problem
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scenario:
286, 640K, 20mb hd (completely empty)....i boot with tinyroot and begin 
"setup" ok (ran "exec setup" as per reccomendations from various 
documentation).  "part" runs and I successfully partition all of hd0 for 
minix (besides the boot sector).  setup then scans hd0 setup seems to be 
continuing but suddenly gives a login prompt.  I login as root and consult the 
documentation for a advice, but find none, so i run upstairs to look for 
pertinent information online....after not really finding any leads i go back 
downstairs to check the details of the screen output right before the login 
prompt only to find that i had somehow flipped the lightswitch when coming 
upstairs and consequently powered off the computer.

so...now i cannot start minix:  if i try to boot with the tinyroot floppy i 
get a "fd0 is not a block device error".

although it seems obvious, i feel obligated to inform you that any advice will 
be greatly appreciated.

raeppink
