I used this solution and it appears to have worked:
mount the cdrom insert floppy disk, then do this command:- dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0
when it is done copying files, issue "reboot" or "shutdown -r now" with the floppy in the drive, and hey presto, the install will begin.
There are still some problems when I start Gnome. These may be unconnected, at least the install completed without crashing. I will try reconfiguring XFree86.
Incidentally, it is an old machine, P100 and with only 16MB RAM. It ran Win98 well enough, which was what I used on my first attempt to install from the CD.
Thanks for all your replies.
Regards
Russell
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