Re: Can't boot
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:44:47PM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > > ARGH. Crap crap crap crap crap. I was hoping that some people would
> > > have taken the initiative to actually test this stuff *before* the
> > > release. I am not endowed with the massive bandwidth that seems to be
> > > required in order to make official CD images, so I can only test
> > > boot-floppies.
> >
> > If you've got a fix, I might as well do another set to go with the new
> > set of sparc I've got to do (also non-bootable).
> >
> > Any idea what the problem is?
>
> I know what the alpha boot problem on mine is, from what I understand, this
> alpha box wasn't supported in 2.2.x until 2.2.17pre12 (kernel I'm using
> now). 2.0 supported it. (alphaserver 1000a 4/266)
>
> --- Not for debian-cd below ---
>
> I got linux installed using aboot disk from gatekeeper.dec.com (I think). I
> have one problem. I can't get it to boot from hdd. (from memory) tells me
> that it finds a valid boot block(or device?) and says it's reading 165
> blocks. Then immediately it says can't read (this is the part I can't
> remember, I'm not at home, will be in 30 min from now).
Could you give us the exact error message ?
Christian
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I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
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