Re: Ultra 5 silo installation problem

[John Kerr Anderson <johnan@umflint.edu>]

Hi,

Thanks for the pointers, but I still think something is wrong.  I created 
a cd image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ the 
installation went fine until once again, silo wouldn't install.  It gave 
me a silo error code of 1.  I used the sarge debian installer image, 
should I use one of the daily build images instead?  Any help again would 
be appreciated.  :-)

Cheers,

John

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Geert Stappers wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 09:07:19PM -0400, John Kerr Anderson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 on an Ultra 5.  After installing the base
> > packages, the machine says that Silo will be installed, but it keeps on
> > failing.  This is what it says:
> >
> > "Silo wasn't able to install.  You'll still be able to boot your system if
> > you create a boot floppy, but it won't be able to boot without a floppy."
> >
> > I can't get the machine to create a boot disk either.  I know the drive
> > works OK.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what's wrong?  The kernel version is 2.4.18.
> > Any help would be appreciated!
>
> At http://bugs.debian.org/271477 is succesfull report of an installation
> with the installer that will be used in in Debian 3.1.
>
> My advice is that you use the new Debian Installer.
> And I'm curious if you will encounter http://bugs.debian.org/267428
> which is also about a "conflict" of Ultra 5 and silo.
>
> > Thanks in advace.
> Feedback is always good.
>
> > John
>
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers