Re: on ZIP disk install problem
Below are notes relating problems during an install using the current
" Welcome to 0bDebian GNU/Linux 2.2! "
Problems encounted are labeled P0, PI, P2 etc.
PC is a COMPAQ Armada 1500c with 4 Gig drive, ATAPI floppy and ATAPI CDROM
from dmesg:
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1020-0x1027, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
hda: TOSHIBA MK4309MAT, ATA DISK drive
hdb: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1902B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: TOSHIBA MK4309MAT, 4108MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=556/240/63
hdb: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
RECOMMENDATION: with laptops having ATAPI floppies becoming increasing
popular
a modification of the Make BootDisk script is necessary. See below:
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Used FIPS to truncate the initally single single Win95 partition to:
# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 556 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 175 1322968+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 176 556 2880360 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 176 271 725728+ 6
FAT16 ; for common data
/dev/hda6 332 400 521608+ 83
Linux ; for /
/dev/hda7 401 539 1050808+ 83
Linux ; for /usr
/dev/hda8 540 556 128488+ 82 Linux swap
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P0) Under Win95 on this laptop
rawrit2 was not successful
dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync
was successful both on my desktop with LS120 drive
dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/hdc ; sync
and on this laptop after Linux installation
dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync
beginning with Boot+root floppies, installation was OK until
P1) menu Make Bootdisk call hung the script
2nd console was OK and I rebooted
make bootdisk worked after 2nd boot with boot+root:
# ls /floppy
ldlinux.sys
linux
syslinux.cfg
Rebooted
But since floppy is ATAPI and ide-floppy support is not in linux kernel on
the new boot floppy
reboot was Painfully slow.
RECOMMENDATION: The make boot script should give a warning with intent:
"If this is a laptop, your floppy disk is quite possible of the
ATAPI type.
If so this Boot Floppy may not function or only boot very slowly
because ide-floppy support is not included in the kernel "linux" on the
floppy.
Alternatives:
1) Use the original boot disk with command line:
rescue root=/dev/hdaN
with N the number of your root partition.
2) Install lilo for reboot
3) Copy loadlin.exe and the installed kernel to a Win95/98
c:\debian directory
and make modify a c:\config.sys to contain:
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[MENU]
MENUITEM=WIN95, Win95
MENUITEM=LINUX, Linux 2.2.14 /dev/hdaN
[LINUX]
INSTALL=C:\DEBIAN\LOADLIN.EXE C:\DEBIAN\VMLINUZ2.214 ROOT=/dev/hdaN RO
VGA=3
; with vmlinuz2.214 copied from /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
; with N the Linux root partition number
[WIN95]
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On the 3rd boot, the menu came up but:
P3) the letter keys under the menu were not functional
Only TAB worked
Ctl-C restarted the menu, but with the same problem
The 2nd and 3rd consoles were OK for keyboard function. Thereon
had to
P3) ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom
Then OK function for
apt-cdrom add
Installed the joe editor and gpm from a cdrom
had to
P4) ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
Note: apt-get install gpm
DID NOT report availability of gpmconfig
I consider this a Bug
apt-get install mc (Midnight Commander)
Rebooting to try the menu again.
Rebooted with rescue root=/dev/hda6
Noticed during reboot an:
rcS.d "Permission Denied" concerning Keymaps
P5) still no letter key function under menu
opened 2nd condole, ran
/etc/init.d/keymaps.sh
!!! Restored the keyboard under the Menu
On an earlier install trial I got as far as the "Apt Configuration Menu"
P6) Under the cdrom option, the script failed at "name the CDROM"
though I could recycle. Running
apt-cdrom add
from the 2nd console bypassed this problem in I could skip the
specification of a 2nd repository.
Got to dselect
END OF REPORT.
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Let me know if I can provide further info or run another trial when the
scripts are improved
Marv Stodolsky stodolsk@erols.com
301-540-3659 home
301-903-4475 worknd Initialize Swap on /dev/hdc2
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