Error messages

["I. Middlemas" <imiddlemas@telusplanet.net>]

Hi,
I'm attempting to install Debian to an  NEC UltraLite VERSA laptop
(12 MB Ram, 180 MB Drive) using 1.44 MB floppy disks.  The laptop
doesn't have a CD ROM.

Here is what the partition table indicates:
/dev/hda1

       

/target/boot

    

Linux
native

    

        

5.12
MB
/dev/hda2

       

swap

    

        

Linux
swap

      

        

5.12
MB
/dev/hda3

       

/target

 

        

Linux
native

    

        

5.12
MB
/dev/hda4

       

- not
available -

       

DOS
extended           (not
sure what happened here)
/dev/hda5

       

/target/usr

     

Linux
native

    

        

167.68
MB

When I get to the "Install the Operating System Kernal and
Modules" step, I get the following two dialog boxes (usually on the
second driver disk):

Error
Error writing to output file:  Success
Continue


File Error
There was a problem installing the Drivers from /target/drivers.tgz
Continue

I've tried using other disks (with a fresh driver-2.bin file), but can't
seem to get past these errors.  Might this be a floppy drive
problem?  Any help you can provide would be great.  Many
thanks.

Ian Middlemas
imiddlemas@telusplanet.net