Re: Boot floppy install issue
Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:49:44AM -0700 wrote:
> Ok, i've tried two differnet Hard Drives and 5 floppies and still getting
> the same errors, maybe i'm not using the correct image?
> what would be the best image for the IBMthinkpad 755c with no CDRom, well
> i do have a backpack CDrom, but could never figure out how to use it to
> install linux. I do have a pcmcia nic and a T1 ehternet network with
> internet access.
>
> So what do you think is my best chances for success??
off the top of my head:
- maybe try a different rawrite, or else 'dd' on a unix system to create
a not broken floppy. (However, it may be the floppy drive that has
the problem rather than the floppy.)
-You might try the bf2.4 kernel flavor as the floppy driver might
handle a flaky drive better.
-Once debian-installer is ready for prime time it will likely solve
this problem since it uses an initrd included in the initial rescue
disk.
-figure out how to boot off a cdrom, maybe look in the BIOS to enable
boot from the cdrom.
-David
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