Re: VA Linux/ SGI disc
This is too late to help you, but when I encountered problems with the
Boxed Debian CD install, switching to one of the other virtual
consoles (CONTROL-ALT-F<number>) gave me a screen that showed error
output (I think it was F3). I believe I got the same error that you
originally mailed about when the installer tried unpacking files over
existing links of the same name.
<rogain@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> Interestingly enough, I cannot seem to install regular debian slink back
> on the system I tried the VOS (VA/OREILY/SGI) debian. Twice, I've
> removed the partitions, and did a fresh install from cheapbytes 2.1r2
> disks. Each time, after installing everything. I would shortly start
> getting drive errors. The drive completely stops doing reads or writes.
> The errors scroll so fast it is hard to report them exactly. I could
> issue no commands, so I had to hit the reset button. I booted off the cd
> to fsck the drives, and see what was wrong, but it when trying to launch
> cfdisk, it said "/dev/hda is not a block device". I also tried an 4.3
> slackware and a old freebie openlinux disk, and basically had the same
> problems. I have just gotten a working VOS (2.2.12 kernel) install, and
> am going to experiment a bit. My IDE drive, is just over the old 8.4
> limit, but that should only cause problems when booting right?
>
>
>
> In article <8474dd$lmo$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> rogain@my-deja.com wrote:
> > Clearly no one gave a damn, but just for shits and giggles: The
> problem
> > disappeared after deleting the partitions I had made with the
> > (regular) debian slink. In my first two install attempts of the
> > SGI/VA/OR, I mounted and reinitialized them, but that for some reason
> > causes a problem with the SGI/VA/Oreilly Debian. After a fresh
> > re-partition it worked.
> >
> > In article <82ktpk$j6n$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > rogain@my-deja.com wrote:
> > > Has anyone tried to install with it? I did so, on a system that I've
> > run
> > > slink on for a while, without problems, and during the step where
> you
> > > write the kernel and modules to disk, I get this error: "attempt to
> > > extract the drivers floppy failed". Can someone help me track down
> > > which file it would be refering to? I'd like to track down what the
> > > problem is.
> > >
> > > This is getting funny. Corporate distros are supposed to be so good,
> > but
> > > I've never had a problem with official debian images. A while back a
> > > borrowed a friends CD from that Newriders Debian CD, and it was
> hosed
> > as
> > > well.
> > >
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