Hello,
  I reckon the most important part of getting linux up is to use anything
  other than HD partitions hd0 & hd5. After I reread the stuff I had, I
  found that either one will destroy the partition table and linux will
  not boot with out a valid partition table and a fs on it. So after
  putting back the partition table with a 4 part partition and one
  defined for the disk, I used the minix demo disk to place a fs on
  hd1. After that things are working great.

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Patrick L. McGillan
Computer Systems Specialist
University Of Wisconsin     Ph:  (715) 394-8191
Superior, Wisconsin         pmcgilla@uwsuper.edu