Re: problem with bootdisks - not booting
On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 05:11, Duke wrote:
> I'm a first time Debian user - not even that, since I can't even install
> it ;) I'm using the boot disks found in
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian2.2r6/main/disks-i386/2.2.26-2001-06-14/images-1.44/
>
> /compact and /safe.
> After successfully dd'ing the images to a few floppies, I tried booting
> first with the "rescue.bin" disk. I see all the Debian stuff come up,
> and I get to the "boot:" prompt. There are no parameters I'm aware of
> that I need to pass, so I hit enter to continue. I then get "Loading
> linux..." and soon after, I get "Boot failed: please change disks and
> press a key to continue." I assumed that meant I needed the root disk,
> but that didn't work. I've tried a dozen different floppy disks, with
> images from both /current and /safe, with no success.
I had the same problem yesterday. Check your floppy. Mine had some bad
sectors. Use a brand new floppy if possible. The debian boot process
seems to be finicky about the floppy disks.
HTH,
Shri
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