[plug] APC Linux Pocketbook errors

[Daniel Pearson]

Thanks :)

Cheers
Daniel Pearson
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick (VK6EP) <rickd at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:10 AM
Subject: [plug] APC Linux Pocketbook errors


> For those interested.
>
> Below is some of the information from APC re some errors on the
pocketbook.
> You can go to the URL and see more, if you need to.
>
> http://apcmag.com/pocketbooks/linux/errata/
>
> OpenLinux 2.2-N installation
>
> There is a minor (but quite important) error on page 56 of the Revised
> Edition Linux Pocketbook, detailing the installation of LILO directly
after
> installing Caldera OpenLinux 2.2-N. The fourth paragraph states that you
> should press 't' to make a partition active. The command is, in fact, 'a'.
>
> Please make a note of this if you plan to install OpenLinux 2.2-N, and
double
> check that the only changes you make using fdisk is to make your Linux
> partition active. Press '?' at any time to access help on fdisk commands.
>
> Autorun correction
>
> Page 28 says to run the DOS batch file 'autorun' in order to launch the
Red
> Hat install procedure directly from the CD. The command is, in fact,
> 'autoboot'.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Rick
>
> E=Mail    - rickd at iinet.net.au
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>