Bug#4019: Decompression failure on Install Boot Disk
Hi Chris --
I don't know if you have gotten Linux booted yet. If you haven't,
please let me know. I'll be happy to make a boot disk for you and
mail it to you by real, old-fashioned physical US Mail. Just let
me know what kernel you need to have on it, or if you need a special
one.
Cheers,
Susan Kleinmann
sgk@tiac.net
> Package: Boot1440.bin
> Version: Debian 1.1
>
> I have been unable to boot from the boot1440.bin image. I have tried
> the
> following:
>
> - downloaded the image from a variety of sources.
> - used several different floppies
> - erased (using dd if=/dev/zero ...) the floppies before writing the
> image to them.
> - formatted the floppies using a variety of tools
>
> When I attempt to boot, I get the following:
>
> invalid compressed format (err=2)
>
> Then it tells me that the system is halted.
>
> I've tried entering boot options (such as 'linux ether=10,0x320,eth0').
> When I do this, I get a slightly different error message:
>
> incomplete literal tree
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> Chris Hertel -)-----
> crh@nts.umn.edu
> .
>
> --
> Christopher R. Hertel -)----- University of Minnesota
> crh@nts.umn.edu Networking and Telecommunications Services
>
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