Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21
Eduard and Chris
Thanks for the help, more details.
>From "cat /proc/version"
Linux version 2.2.20(herbet@gondolin) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Mon Dec 31
07:05:08
Machine specs
Gateway Pentium II 400MHz
256 MB ram
IDE 0 ST310212A - (PM)
IDE 1 QUANTUM Fireball EL10.2A
BIOS version 4M4PB0X1.15A.0013.P97
I have not booted from linux.bin. Still working on it.
After mounting my swap and ext2 partition, I attempt to create the boot
floppy. After getting the dbootstrap error message, I went to the console
(ctrl/alt/F2) and looked at dmesg. Starting at the "Adding Swap: 136512k
swap-space (priority -1)" line there are 4 after it. All four are : "VFS:
Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)"
In the previous mail, I told you what was in /var/log/messages
I then tried the following mount requests
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto ** worked
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat ** did NOT work
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos ** worked
Then did:
>chroot /target
>superformat /dev/fd0
"A CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be
removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller" message is
displayed prior to the formating/verifying cylinder X, head Y output.
"mformat -s18 -t80 -h2 -S2 -M512 a:" is displayed followed by "sh:
mformat: command not found".
Since there is no mformat under /target, I then exited out of the chroot and
tried
>cd
>/target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0
I got the same CAUTION message and the same mformat command was displayed
but rather than the "command not found" the message "mformat: lazybox no
op". OK, I tried to do mformat on my own.
>mformat a:
"mformat: lazybox no op" was displayed
Hmmm. mformat is found in /usr/bin. I've never used mformat before but
after reading the man page, it definitely seems hosed!
What else can I tell you?
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Eduard Bloch [mailto:inet@zombie.inka.de]On Behalf Of Eduard Bloch
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:19 PM
To: Tom Whitcomb; 140305@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies
version 3.0.21
tags 140305 + moreinfo
thanks
#include <hallo.h>
Tom Whitcomb wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 09:20:57AM:
> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
> /dev/fd0 hd'
This is normal. Please boot with "linux.bin debug" to see additional
debug messages.
> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed. No
> such device
Please go to the second console and do:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos
And tell which did work. Further, try after base system installation:
chroot /target
superformat /dev/fd0
mformat a:
> Creation of the boot floppy failed. Please make sure that the floppy was
> not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive. Try another
> floppy if the problem persists.
>
> This seems very similar to bug 99934!
Who knows, you provided to few details...
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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können sich nicht irren"
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