Re: Problem with 1.2 install and floppy
This is a common problem. Try making another copy of base14-1 (and the
others if thaey fail) on a different floppy disk. I had to make two or
three before I got a complete set of boot floppies that were reliable.
Even floppies that I had used to install debian on my desktop system
wouldn't necessarily work to install on my laptop. Kinda strange.
--Bob
Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
>
> I'm running into problems with installing Debian 1.2 on a
> new laptop. I've created the various floppy disks, start
> the installation and get the following errors when I insert
> base14-1.bin:
>
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> floppy0: probe failed...
>
> The problem occurs when the installation scripts tries to
> excecute the following command:
>
> mount -ro -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
>
> The floppy clearly worked fine reading the first two disks.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --- Jean Pierre
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