Problems with 1.2 Install Disks
I've heard of others having problems with getting a working version of the
installation disks and I've tried doing what was suggested in each case -
"download the image and write to a fresh floppy and try again" - however,
that hasn't been helping in my case.
The boot/rescue disk works perfectly for me. No problems there. I can go
through the boot routine, initialize the hard disk, etc, but when I try to
read in the base floppies, I get errors every time.
In re-creating the disks, I've experienced minor variations on when the
errors occur. Sometimes, it won't even begin to read the first disk while
other times, I might get error messages, but it'll continue to read the
disk almost all the way through. But, no matter how far it gets on this
first disk, it doesn't complete it.
I should mention that I'm writing this message at work and I've been
experiencing the problems at home - which is where I have the exact error
message written down... <grin>... so I can't quote it here, but it's pretty
cryptic - not much english in the messages. Nothing obvious like "Data
error reading, writing....", "Media error", etc...
The installation always ends in a kernel panic and I have to reboot.
The particular system I'm currently working on is a 386SX/25, 8MB, 210MB
IDE, 1.44MB FD.
I've been able to get around this by installing 1.1 (no complaints there)
and then upgrading via FTP to 1.2, but that's a little painful (and slow)
on 386-based systems.... I'd like to have a working set of 1.2 install
diskettes, but no luck so far.
BTW, I've tried both the December and January versions of the install disk
images. Same thing with either version.
Any suggestions?
Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper Chartered Accountants
http://users.uniserve.com/~erca
Chilliwack, B.C.
Pager: (604) 918-2054
Office: (604) 792-1915
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