Re: Debian installation hangs
The only lead I had to a location for slink 1440 floppy images gives
an error now. Maybe someone else will come up with a URL.
I'm afraid you will probably need someone with more in-depth knowledge
than me to solve the problem.
John
Mark Weston wrote:
>
> On 10 Dec 98, at 11:17, John C. Ellingboe wrote:
>
> > Look at the message just before the md driver message for the
> > problem. It will probably turn out to be the disk controler doesn't
> > like being probed at boot time and is locking up. Some systems will
> > require an entry on the "boot line" or use the tecra rescue disk like the
> > lap top systems need. Search the archives at www.debian.org for the
> > source of a new rescue disk if you have a aha27xx disk controler. You will
> > also find sources of 1440 SLINK disks but I would not recomend them at
> > this time.
>
> The line before the "md driver" line was the floppy controller detect, which
> worked. And before that, was a perfectly correct detection of both IDE
> controllers and all four devices on them. What I'll try is booting up with a
> few more combinations of hardware device disabled, to see if this works.
>
> I've also tried the tecra disk, which does the same thing as the normal
> one.
>
> Thanks for the warning about Slink, but I would like to at least try it (just
> to see a Debian distribution boot at least once). If you've seen any
> *compiled* Slink 1440k disks, perhaps you could point me in their
> direction.
>
> > Don't try to install from SLINK at this time. Use HAMM which has 1440
> > floppy images. SLINK has turned up with a few problems and you don't need
> > that while setting up a new system.
> >
> > John
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Mark
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