Re: Unable to create a boot disk for hamm install
At 09:16 AM 9/15/98 -0500, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> "Problem -- Creation of boot floppy failed. Please make sure that the
> floppy was not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.
> Try another floppy if the problem persists."
>
>I've tried several disks and they all give me the same error. I've tried
>"mke2fs /dev/fd0 1440" and while it is writing the inode table I get:
>
> "Warning: could not write 8 blocks in inode table starting at 5:
> Attempt to write block from filesystem resulted in short write".
>
>This error persists starting at "13", "21", "29", "37", and "45" and ends
>with "ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to write block from filesystem resutled in
>short write while creating root dir". Thus when I try a "mount -t ext2
>/dev/fd0 /floppy" I get
>
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too
> many mounted file systems"
>
>These errors are consistant across many disks. I can however mount the
>disk I booted the system off of orginally (fat32). All other disks don't
>seem to work.
Possibility: Turn your Power Off, and pull the Plug Out. Check your
hardware for loose drive connector plugs/sockets (odd, I had much the same
problem. Floppy connector was so loose I'm surprised it did anything at
all!).
Another possibility: Create another RESC1440 disk using RAWRITE; see if
the problem persists.
Roger
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