Re: Problems installing Debian

[PJBarbera <hunsolo@gmx.net>]

Had this problem with the Solaris 2.6, I ended up
playing 
with the memory timing settings, set them slower.
Just an idea...

Peter Barbera


Michael B. Taylor wrote:
> 
> I have never seen this particular behavior before.  However, strange
> problems during installation from floppys is often attributable to
> corupt floppys.  The rawwrite or dd process usually used to make installation
> floppys from downloaded images does not tolerate bad media very well.
> 
> I suggest remaking your rescue disk on a different floppy.  But first, check
> the floppy for bad sectors by formatting it under dos or whatever, or any
> other method you find convienient.  Even better, use a new floppy, if you
> have one handy, checking it for bad sectors first.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:59:21PM -0500, Alexander Bugeja wrote:
> > I am trying to install Debian from floppy (I have the rescue, driver
> > and 5 base floppies set up) on my AMD K6 machine. However
> > when I try to start the installation, with the rescue disk, the
> > machine just reboots. More specifically, I first get the
> > following messages....
> >
> > Loading root.bin...........
> > Loading Linux...........
> > Uncompressing Linux........
> >
> > .... followed by a string of messages too fast to read, and then
> > the machine reboots all over again, leaving me right where I started.
> >
> 
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