Re: can't get the darn thing started
Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 11:37:24PM -0500 wrote:
> Package: CD
> Version: 2.2r4
> flavor: vanilla
> architecture: i386
> model: 200mhz pentium-mmx pc - put together with a lot of stuff laying
> around
> memory: 50M
> scsi: nope
> cd-rom: ATAPI
> Bare system
>
> Been trying (off and on) for about a month to get this installed.
> First problem
> Tried to install off the CD. Right after the installaion would start i got
> message saying 'could not uncompress' or 'No setup signature found' or or
> 'crc.error' or a host of other messages.
> SOmeone suggested that even though the BIOS says I can boot off a CD (Award
> Bios), I shoud try loading a driver first. I loaded DOS and installed a
> driver for the CDRom. This appeared to work. I would go into DOS and run
> Boot.bat from the Install dir on the CD.
> Second problem
> Everything looked great (I even removed the DOS during partitioning), until
> i tried to reboot. The system keeps rebooting. LAst msg I can make out is
> 'Warning - Unable to open an initial console' then another line I can't
This can happen is the filesystem you are mounting as root is wrong,
or if there is something wrong in /dev/. There should be a line
before that indicating what partition Linux is mounting as the root
filesystem, does it look right?
Try appending something like 'root=/dev/[your root partition]' at the
lilo prompt if it is mounting the wrong filesystem. It isn't clear to
me why this would be wrong though.
> make out then it reboots. I tried using the rescue, but I keep getting the
> same results as I did before I loaded the DOS - compressing issues,
> crc.error, etc.
This is when you try to boot off the Debian 2.2r4 floppies, or is it
the floppy you created at install time? Did you try creating a set of
floppies (root.bin and rescue.bin) and booting off them? If you
succeed at that you can have a look around your installed (but not
working) system.
> I am determined to see this through. I need a little help here though.
>
> Thanks for your time.
No problem, I hope that helps.
-David
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