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/di-
> sks-i386/2.2.26-2001-06-14/images-1.44/
>
> /compact and /safe.
Well you could try the images in the above 'root' directory
rather than those from /compact and /safe ... that's what I did.
> 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 was going to suggest using other floppy disks, but you've
already done that (I once did have a problem with a bad
disk). :)
>
> The system I've got is an IBM Personal Computer, P133, 40
> megs ram, ATI All-in-Wonder PCI vga adapter, SCSI
> Adaptec AHA-2940 adapter, with scsi HD, scsi cd-rom, and
> scsi tape drive. Unfortunatly I don't believe it's
> possible to boot from cd on this system. I also think
> it's a PCI/MCA system.
>
It should be possible to boot from a scsi cd on your system
with that card. When your computer starts and the Adaptec SCSI
BIOS lines show up press <cntrl-A> to enter the SCSI Select
utility. I can't remember off-hand how to change the boot
device in there but it is certainly possible - I know it is
not too difficult though.
Good luck