Bug#47101: install boot trouble
Jason Hilkey <hilkey@pobox.com> writes:
> i am having a problem loadin the initial kernel and install. i boot from
> the low memory floppy i have created from lowmemrd.bin. i get the boot:
> prompt and have tried numerous boot options, including the default. The
> install reponds with:
> Loading lowmemrd.bin....
> Loading linux..............
> Uncompressing linux...done
> Now loading the kernel.
>
> It then reboots the laptop, boots off the low memory floppy disk again and
> i come back to the install screen with the boot: prompt.
We believe this is probably a syslinux problem.
> Any assitance or direction would be very much appreciated. Please let me
> know if i can provide further info.
You could try using the new syslinux in potato to roll your own
boot-disk. We intend to have a new potato boot-floppies soon as well,
which you may wish to test.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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