Re: "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:45:46PM -0500, ray wrote:
> Gary Young wrote:
> >
> > In attempting to install Debian 2.1 from resc1440
> > floppy onto an HP intel box with SCSI disks that
> > had run Windows-NT, I get the error:
> > "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"
> > and the boot stops.
> >
> > Apparently the computer had a compressed C: drive or
> > partition when it had windows-NT as the operating
> > system.
> >
> > (I attempted to do a "boot:floppy" but after
> > I insert the root diskette, it gets a protection fault.)
> >
> > Is there a work around for the "compressed image"
> > problem, or am I missing something about Linux with
> > SCSI drives.
> >
> > Gary Young
>
> Gary,
>
> I will respond quickly in order to give you something
> to try while some GURU gives you the real answer later
> in the day.
Hi!
I'm not a guru, but here's what i think
:)
"compressed image" does not mean the compressed disk of WIN<whatever>, it
just means that a compressed image of a root device was found in memory.
Nextly, the kernel should use it as a root partition, but apparently failed
to use it. This probably means that the image on floppy is corrupted.
Try using another floppy, as suggested.
Don't be upset! It could also mean that your floppy drive is broken :)
hope this helps
Marcin
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