Re: make boot floppy problem Deb1.3
It is quite likely your disk really is bad. Will it format in DOS?
Bad disks actually seem to be more common than you might think. Could
also be a disk drive problem.
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
>
>
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