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Re: install debian woody over serial console



On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:23:50PM -0500, Alexey Koptsevich wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to follow the instructions at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200311/msg04005.html
> Rescue floppy loads OK, but when I insert root floppy, the drive makes
> noisy read attempts and then fails with the following messages:
> 
> VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> floppy0: data CRC error: track 68, head 0, sector 7, size 2
> floppy0: sector not found: track 69, head 0, sector 1, size 2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2484
> floppy0: data CRC error: track 69, head 0, sector 7, size 2
> floppy0: CRC error: track 69, head 0, sector 1, size 2
> floppy0: data CRC error: track 69, head 0, sector 1, size 2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2484
> invalid compressed format (err=1)<6>apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03
> (Driver version 1.13)
> apm: disabled on user request.
> VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
> 
> I tried to mount floppy images -- no problem. Unfortunately, I have no
> monitor and therefore cannot check how it would work on real console.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex

Hi Alex,
floppys must be 110% to work, so I make a script that 'Works for
me'(tm)!.
useage: ddverify.sh myfile.bin
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IMG=$1
echo computing md5sum
SUM=$(md5sum $1)
echo formating floppy
mformat A:
ERR="not done";
while [ "$ERR" != "" ]; do
        echo checking for badblocks
	ERR=$(mbadblocks A: 2>&1)
done
echo imaging floppy
dd if=$1 of=/dev/fd0
echo computing floppy md5sum
SUM2=$(md5sum /dev/fd0)
if [ "$SUM2" == "$SUM" ]; then
        echo image good
else
        echo image bad
fi
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HTH, YMMV,
--Kev
				

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