on ZIP disk install problem
The 1st significant problem I've encountered after many successful
(Much THANKS) boot-floppies installs is herein related.
The machine is a high quality PC with floppy and internal ATAPI ZIP
drive.
I wanted the on ZIP install, since the Company is only allowing
Microsoft et al. on the hard drive
Possibly this is a machine specific problem, but I don't have another
"volunteer " PC to check on.
The current Stable disks were used, FTPed in from ftp.debian.org this
AM
On a different Debian machine, I had already FDISKed the ZIP disk into
872+128 kb ext2 partitions
The resc1440 generated disk booted fine and
the ZIP was properly perceived as /dev/hdc1 and /dev/hdc2
But the install Script hung at the SWAP initiallization step.
Next boot, DO WITHOUT SWAP let me proceed
/dev/hdc1 was mounted on /target
Then I was able to go back and Initialize Swap on /dev/hdc2
But the menu then called Make Boot floppy/ install Lilo/Reboot
options
The Make Floppy failed because the BASE INSTALL hadn't been done
So without the menu Script calling for them, I choose the consecutive
necessary menu steps.
The Config Modules brought up ONLY the Modules Config Exit choice
But the Make Boot Disk was now successfull
Booting worked and the Script went through to bringing DSELECT up
Follow through was standard.
For reasons also obscure, a boot starting through WIN95 on /dev/hda1
with CONFIG.SYS calling
INSTALL=LOADIN.EXE VMLINUZ2.038 /dev/hdc1 vga=3 ro
with VMLINUZ2.038 copied over from /boot/vmlinus-2.0.38
failed with complaints about disk ZIP structure
But the SYSLINUX boot disk raises Debian on /dev/hdc1 just fine.
I suggest you try an install on a local ATAPI ZIP.
If you can't confirm my problem
let me know and I'll try to document it more precisely.
MarvS
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