Bug#52819: boot floppy crashes
Joe Lombrozo <JoeCool22@MailAndNews.com> writes:
> My problem is this: i'm installing Debian Linux on a Intel 486 w/ 12mb
> RAM...the CD drive isn't able to be booted from so i tried to install using
> the rescue floppy (resc1440.bin copied using rawrite2.exe on Win98); however,
> everytime i use the rescue floppy, it crashes after displaying the info text
> and:
>
> boot: linux..
>
> my question is this...is this a common problem? is there an easy way out of
> this? or do u have no clue what i'm talking about..:) anyway, thanx for
> looking at this...
It unfortunately is a quite common problem. It seems to be fixed when
you use the unstable boot-floppies. The problem is caused by syslinux
and not by the boot-floppies itself.
I can only recommend that you either replace the syslinux on the
rescue disk with a newer syslinux (1.43 or better I believe) or else
use the unstable version of the boot-floppies.
It would help us out if you could let us know if you can boot ok with
the unstable boot-floppies, so we know your problem is solved.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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