Re: Hamm installation --- failure (base14-1 fails crc check)
On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 adavis@netpci.com wrote:
> With the Debian disks, the crc error ended the install... The Slackware
> install ended with a kernel panic.
>
> I'm going to try older setups. Is there any reason that an older machine
> would be less compatible with newer install disks?
>
> Thank you for having been there, almost always.
>
I ran into a similar problem last week. Try this:
from anywhere in the dinstall menu, use ctl-alt-F2 to get to another VC,
hit return to get a prompt.
cd /dev
mv fd0 fd0.orig
mknod b 2 40 fd0h1440
mknod b 2 28 fd0u1440
ln -s fd0h1440 fd0
exit
now use ctl-alt-F1 to go back to the install screen and try again.
If that STILL does not work, go back to the other VC again, get a prompt
go to /dev and do this:
cd /dev
rm fd0
ln -s fd0u1440 fd0
exit
and try one more time.
THere is something flaky with the fd0 floppy driver as it ships. It only
has trouble with certain floppy controller chips.
It is not the disk, it is the controller causing the problem. Swapping in
a disk from a system that you just had a good install will not help.
George Bonser
The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you!
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