mclinch wrote:
>Can anyone help with how to format and spare out the first drive (wd0)
>on a cats box.
>I have tried to use an install kernal but it exits with an error, so I 
>guess the disk is broken
>even though it shows up as a bootable device.

In the past, I have set up disks for mine by plugging them into a PC
and formatting them there. This wasn't because of any known problems
with the installer, I just didn't have a CD drive in the cats.

I did this from a fully working i386 system, but you should be able
to do it using installation floppies.

Robert Swindells