Re: installing Debian 2.0 r3
When you enter "parameters" you must also include the kernel name. such as
"linux" (I cant remember if that is the name used on the install floppies)
so:
LILO boot: linux [parameters]
On Tue, 11 May 1999, John wrote:
> I have a spare machine onto which I am trying to install 2.0 r3. The machine has
> a
> Pentium MMX166 processor, two hard drives (one 426Mb with DOS 6.2 and W3.11:
> the other 1.1Gb empty and available for Linux), 32Mb FPM physical RAM, 1.44
> Floppy,
> 32x CD-ROM Drive, an S3 Virge/DX(PCI) Video Card and an SB compat Sound Card
> the Monitor is SVGA.
>
> The Motherboard is TX/1 and the BIOS Award which supports CD-ROM booting, both
> Hard Drives are on the Primary and the CD-ROM is Master on the Secondary.
>
> I have little computer experience (although now reasonably knowledgeable with
> W95),
> am new to DOS and a complete newbie with Linux - also I'm old. I've turned to
> Linux
> for interest and to avoid these persistent 'blue screens' on the main machine.
>
> I possess two sets of distributions acquired with Samms introductory book and
> WGS
> Encyclopadia and can install RedHat and SuSE, but not Debian which may well be
> the distribution best suited to me. Both the InfoMagic and Linux Mall discs are
> of
> the same version and each gives identical results.
>
> Booting direct from the CD-Rom Drive loads Root.bin and Linux, but whatever I do
> at
> the boot prompt puts me into a continual rebooting cycle. I've tried all the
> parameters
> referred and alluded to in the help files and books. A straight <enter> goes to
> reboot
> (after some uncompressing too rapid to read). Adding parameters results in
> 'can't
> find kernel'.
>
> I've created floppies from files downloaded from ftp.debian (RSC1440.bin,
> DRV1440.bin, Base-1.bin to Base-5.bin and Root.bin). Booting with RSC1440.bin
> in the floppy drive puts me into the same automatic rebooting cycle and no
> parameters
> work - the 'can't find' message is displayed. I getthe chance to use only one
> disk.
>
> Can anyone, kindly, explain what I'm failing to comprehend or what I'm doing
> wrong.
> I would appreciate help (otherwise I may be stuck with Mr Gate's water
> torture!).
> Incidentally, to check if some machine fault has developed, I've again booted
> SuSE
> from the CD-ROM Drive and I got direct to the installation program.
> John.
>
>
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Michael Beattie (mike@omnic.dhis.org)
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