Re: root disk fails on old compaq
Not enough memory?
As far as I remember you need at least 12M RAM.
> Hi,
>
> I bought an old Compaq Prolinea Net1/25s to use as a cheap
> mailserver, and I'm having trouble at the very early debian install
> phase. I'm planning to install via floppy and then ftp. I boot with the
> rescue disk, with no obvious problem. At the "Insert root floppy" prompt,
> I put in the root floppy. Next I get
>
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> _
>
> At this point it stops. After a few seconds, the floppy drive stops
> reading.
>
> I know the rescue and root disks I have work, because they work on my
> laptop. I've also tried booting with the "root=/dev/fd0" option, with the
> same results. I know the hard drive, and the computer, in general, is
> alright, because it runs Windows 3.x and DOS with no problem. Any good
> ideas?
>
> I'm going to include all my system stats below. feel free to ignore them.
>
> -patrick
>
>
> (from a website)
>
> OVERVIEW
> CPU type/speed/cache/ROM level: 80486sx / 25 / 0
> / 8/25/93
> HARDWARE
> Total memory: 4 Mb
> Conventional: 640 Kb
> Reserved: 384 Kb
> Extended: 3072 Kb
> EMS memory board make/model: None
> EMS memory board IO address: None
> EMS memory board frame address: None
> Keyboard type/language: Native / US
> Video type: VGA
> Network card make/model: DEC EtherWORKS
> (LC, DE205)
> Network card IRQ: 5
> Network card IO address: 300
> Network card memory address: D000
> Mouse make/model: Compaq / M-S28-
> 6MD
> Mouse port or COM port or IRQ: Mouse Port
>
> (from opening up the computer)
>
> the floppy drive is a Mitsubishi MF355F-498UC
> hard drive listed in boot info below
>
> (possibly relevant items from boot)
>
> hda: QUANTUM TRB420A, ATA DISK drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: QUANTUM TRB420A, 402MB w/96kB Cache, CHS=1010/16/51
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
> .
> .
> .
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda3
>
>
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