RE: Failed boot from rescue floppy
I get the same problem on a Dell Optiplex DGX 5133 trying to install the
slink release. Fortunately, I still have an earlier rescue disk for Debian
2.0.21 which I used to boot with and then used slink's base floppies to
install from. Seemed to work ok.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dormat [mailto:dormat@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 19 May 1999 02:18
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Failed boot from rescue floppy
>
>
> I am having problems booting into debian with the
> rescue floppy (1.44m). I have tried both the standard
> rescue image and the tecra image, niether worked.
> with both images i would boot without entering
> anything at the boot prompt (i dont need to enter
> anything, as far as I can tell). It would hang while
> loading root.bin. The floppy led would stay on, but
> nothing would happen. does anyone have any ideas? if
> this helps, here is the computer info:
> Dell Dimension 466/DMT (486dx2/66)
> 32m ram
> 2 seagate hdd (models st3144a, st1144a)-->both 124
> mb
> ne2000 compatible nic
> any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance.
>
> -JProuty
>
> BTW, im trying to install the slink release of debian
>
>
>
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