Problem with installation for original release of Potato.
Hi Folks.
I've a problem with the base system install of potato (original)
The computer is an AMD K6-2-350 on an ASUS P5A-B with a WD 10Gb IDE,
S3 Trio 3D/SX video and a 3Com 905B network card. The HD already has
potato installed, but the enduser wants a second operating system :-(
so I want to reinstall potato.
I'm using the idepci rescue & root floppies from
kernel-image-2.2.17-idepci_2.2.17pre6-1
The rescue floppy reads fine, and the root disk seems to load OK too.
Up come the Release Notes beginning
This is the Debian Rescue floppy, version 2.2.16
I hit Enter to continue, the screen blinks a few times and returns to
the Release Notes page. If I try hitting Return a few times, *occasionally*
the message
trying to determine the state of my system
appears very briefly on the screen, before inevitably returning to the
Release Notes.
Has anyone else reported this behaviour? Do I have to pass any special
arguments to the boot procedure for a reinstall?
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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