Re: Debian 1.2 resq1440 disk problem

[sailer@sun10.sep.bnl.gov (Tim Sailer)]

In your email to me, Neil Parry, you wrote:
> 
> I've run out of ideas on this one, if anyone can help...
> 
> I'm installing Debian 1.2 (from 1.1) and have created the boot floppy from 
> the resq1440.bin file.  This boots ok, loads root.bin and the linux 
> kernel, but then fails with a 'crc error' while uncompressing the 
> kernel.  However, the same floppy works fine when tried on other 1.1 
> machines.  I've tried formatting the disk on the PC in question, 
> using different disks, writing the disk image from Linux (dd) and from 
> DOS (rawrite2), downloading resq1440.bin again... any ideas??

Try turning off the cache in the BIOS.

Tim

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