Re: Problem installing Debian 2.2 from CD
This is the exact same problem I get when trying to install Debian 2.1 from
floppy images. On "install operating system kernel and modules" the
installer tells me it can't mount the boot floppy (although it has the
floppy drive mounted as /dev/ram0, but it is looking for /dev/fd0 which it
can't find because it doesn't exist.) I posted a message about this and got
a suggestion that my floppy might be hosed, but I made a few more and got
the same problem with each one.
Thanks for your reply earlier, Jonathan - any more ideas? :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <cop@speakeasy.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 2:33 PM
Subject: Problem installing Debian 2.2 from CD
> I'm having trouble installing Debian 2.2 on a i386 with an IDE CD-ROM. I'm
> installing from the CD, but Setup complains that it can't find the rescue
> floppy.
>
> I boot from the CD and start Setup without problem. I can partition my HD
> without problem. The problems begin during the "Install Operating System
> Kernel and Modules'' step. I choose to install from the CD-ROM and Setup
> asks me for the path to the "Debian archive". The default is /instmnt,
where
> Setup automatically mounted the CD. I verified that the CD is correctly
> mounted from another virtual console while Setup is running. Setup asks me
> for the path to the images-1.44/rescue.bin. I choose the default, which
> seems to find the file at
> /instmnt/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin. Then
> Setup pops up an error message saying that it is unable to mount the
rescue
> floppy. At this point, Setup is hosed. I cannot continue because Setup
> insists on finding a rescue floppy that does not exist.
>
> Why is Setup trying to find a rescue floppy on /dev/fd0 when I told it to
> install from the mounted CD-ROM? How can I get around this broken Setup
step
> and install the operating system and kernel modules?
>
> thanks for your help!
> chris
>
>
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