Re: Low memory install help
Are we talking bo here? The following applies to bo and may well work
with hamm but I have not yet tried it.
The trick with a low-mem install is this; when you get to the "boot: "
prompt answer with "linux floppy0". After that just follow instructions
but note that along the way you will need a small minix partition just for
the installation. If you plan things you can then incorporate that disk
space into your swap partition when you are up and running. (But don't
try this unless you know exactly what you are doing.)
I would like to hear how you get on.
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Lindsay Allen <allen@cleo.murdoch.edu.au> Perth, Western Australia
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On 19 May 1998 The.Sage@genesis.ispace.com wrote:
> I need help trying to install Debian on a system with low memory. I
> have made the Rescue disk and the Low memory root disk. Setup goes fine
> until after "Copying root filesystem from floppy to /dev/hda10 ...".
> This copies from drive A: and completes with "done." Should it be
> copying from drive B: if that is where the Low memory root disk is?
> After it says it is done, it next says the following:
>
> VFS: Can't find a minix or minix V2 filesystem on dev 03:0a.
> Mount /dev/hda10 (type minix) on /mnt: wrong filesystem type, or bad
> superblock on /dev/hda10
> sbin/swapsetup: cannot create /mnt/etc/swappartition: directory
> nonexistent
> sbin/swapsetup started OK
>
> Then I return to the menu and choose to REBOOT.
>
> It then says to wait for the boot: prompt and enter "lowmemboot root=".
> Am I supposed to enter something after the =? I tried everything. Not
> entering anything gives me the VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00. If
> I try /dev/hda10 it comes back with Mounted root (msdos filesystem)
> readonly. Unable to open an initial console.
>
> Any help is appreciated...
>
>
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