Bug#65013: marked as done (boot-floppies)
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Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.1r4
architecture: i386
model: Celeron 500 Mhz
memory: 64 MB
scsi: no SCSI adapter
cd-rom: Fedelia FCD-402
hd-drive: Maxtor 7345AT - size : 345MB
network card: Tulip chipset
I'm trying to install Debian on a previous Mandrake box. I can boot with
rescue disk-floppy smoothly, all my hardware is seen and bootstrap
starts. Problems begin when it comes to deal with the hard disk, the HD
is seen but not the dos and ext2 partitions that were written to it
before.
When i try the option "Mount a previously initialized partition"
dbootstrap tells me it can't find any linux partition on the disk. Same
happens when trying to mount a previously initialized swap partition.
Then, i re-wrote the partitions table using "Partitioning a hard disk".
Then : "Initialize a partition", ok
Then : "Check for bad blocks ?" yes, and the computer hangs ... or at
least reads the sectors very very slowly (100 sectors/hour). I
calculated it'd take 4 days to check the 345 megs HD.
I tried to initialize the partition without checking for bad-blocks,
that was ok, but then i've never been able to install any base system on
the disk.
I'm very confused since this IDE disk worked fine with Mandrake, it was
manufactured in 1994, so it's not that old. What must I do ?
Thank you.
Eric
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Subject: Re: Bug#65013: boot-floppies
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Ok, good. Closing the bug.
>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Van Buggenhaut <vanbuggenhout@brutele.be> writes:
Eric> I used the kernel coming with the boot-floppies, 2.0.38.
Eric> The BIOS settings might be the answer. I slighty overclocked the processor
Eric> before installing Debian, thus increasing the PCI bus speed too (from 33 to 37
Eric> MHz). I went back to a quieter pace and things seem to be better.
Eric> Thank you very much for your help. I'm a bit sorry, since this issue
Eric> apparently isn't a real bug with boot-floppies, rather a BIOS settings problem.
Eric> Excuse me for this.
Eric> Eric.
Eric> On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>> >>>>> "cyber-movie@brutele" == cyber-movie@brutele be <cyber-movie@brutele.be> writes:
>>
cyber-m> Package: boot-floppies
cyber-m> Version: 2.1r4
>>
cyber-m> architecture: i386
cyber-m> model: Celeron 500 Mhz
cyber-m> memory: 64 MB
cyber-m> scsi: no SCSI adapter
cyber-m> cd-rom: Fedelia FCD-402
cyber-m> hd-drive: Maxtor 7345AT - size : 345MB
cyber-m> network card: Tulip chipset
>>
cyber-m> I'm very confused since this IDE disk worked fine with Mandrake, it was
cyber-m> manufactured in 1994, so it's not that old. What must I do ?
>>
>> I saw also your mail with the `dmesg' output.
>>
>> Have you changed any BIOS setting wrt the drives since having a
>> system working with Mandrake?
>>
>> Which kernel flavor did you choose to install?
>>
>> Will someone with more kernel/driver/hardware knowledge please field
>> this bug report?
Eric> --
Eric> Eric.VanBuggenhaut@AdValvas.be
Eric> http://www.goldorak.ath.cx
Eric> Please don't send proprietary format documents, I can't (and don't want to) open them.
Eric> Appreciated are open-source formats like .txt or .rtf. Dvi, ps or tex files are welcome.
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