Bug#142421: boot-floppies: bf2.4 flavor fails at uncompressing linux.bin

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

severity 142421 important
severity 123203 important
severity 137486 important
severity 134569 important
reassign 142421 loadlin
merge 142421 140608 123203 137486 134569
thanks

#include <hallo.h>
Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote on Thu Apr 11, 2002 um 08:42:57PM:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 20020411
> Severity: important
> 
> I downloaded all bf2.4 files from www.debian.org:
> rescue.bin
> root.bin
> linux.bin
> install.bat
> basedebs.tar
> 
> and placed them in the correct directories (Note that it is nowhere explained
> where to place install.bat) of a FAT partition of a Windows 98 installed
> system.
> 
> I rebooted Windows in DOS mode, cd'd to where install.bat was and launched it.
> 
> System hangs saying:
> 
> Uncompressing Linux...
> 
> invalid compressed format (err=1)
> 
>  -- System halted
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: none yet
> 
> 
> 
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