Re: 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?
> >
> I'm not sure that this has anything to do with either the base disks or
> the boot floppies, but there will be a fresh set either tonight or
> tomorrow that should make it to the mirrors by the first of the week.
> I would suggest however, that you find some really good disks, format
them
> and rawrite a new set of base disks. If what you are getting is something
> cryptic like:
>
> A09F...
> B609...
>
> (it's been a long time since I saw this, so the above is only vaguely
> similar to any actuall message)
> This indicates failed sector reads caused by a bad disk.
I'm not sure that those were the errors I was getting; however, I tried to
eliminate the possibility of bad disks by using many different fresh
diskette sets. I reformatted them before writing the image to them - no
bad sectors reported. Each time I ran into the problem, I used a
completely new set of diskettes - i.e. I've got about 5 stacks of 6 disks
around.... I'm pretty persistent.... <grin>
However, I ran into the same problem with each set of diskettes.... (as
described above).
Later,
Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper
Chilliwack, BC, Canada
http://users.uniserve.com/~erca
System Administrator
ValleyNet (a CN operated by the Fraser
Valley Community Information Society)
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