Re: make boot floppy problem Deb1.3
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 simons@alpha2.vki.ac.be wrote:
>
> I'm experiencing problems installing Debian1.3 from scratch.
> I followed the Debian1.3 installation guide and opted to
> install with floppy disks.
>
> Everything went swiftly untill I reached the point :
> Make a Boot floppy
> After introducing an empty, formatted, write-enabled floppy
> and hitting enter I get the following messages:
>
> Formatting the floppy...
> Verifying track 0, head 0 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> Verifying track 0, head 1 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 32
> Verifying track 0, head 0 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> Verifying track 0, head 1 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17
> end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 32
>
> After which the installation stops. (does not hang, goes back to menu)
>
> I tried different floppies, ... , in vain.
> Has it got anything to do with the way I configured the device drivers
> (nothing installed explicitly) or might it be a hardware problem ?
>
> I installed it together with an existing MS-DOS using fips to free space
> for my Linux partitions.
>
> Any help for this Linux newbie highly appreciated !! :)
>
> Thanks a lot, --Erwin
>
The way I installed Debian was from MS-DOS, I used rawrite2.exe(available
on ftp.debian.org) to copy the different images that I downloaded earlier
t, to disk. Then I booted off of my disk and the insdtallation began.
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