Re: Problem installing sarge (dated Jan 22)
On Friday 04 February 2005 07:10 pm, sam rosenfeld wrote:
> I am switching from Slackware10.0 to Debian sarge. After downloading
> sarge CDs 1, 2, and 3 from debian.com, I duly booted my box with the sarge
> base CD. The installation seemed to go OK, but I cannot boot sarge at
> all. This is probably not a Debian problem since the boot hardly gets
> past the BIOS (Award) before giving me a "Disk Failure" message.
>
> I would appreciate a reference to a doc that may deal with this failure,
> or any other tips.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
It is very possible that your hard drive has actually failed. Try using a
knoppix or other rescue disk to mount a partition on the drive.
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