Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.23
I'm turning this into a bug, cc'ing debian-boot manually since bugs.debian.org
is down at the moment.
Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:58:50AM -0700 wrote:
> Are there certain details I need to give to get a
> reply?
I think the only problem is we're busy and clueless :-)
> I looked for the dbootstrap package at debian.org, but I guess it isn't one, even
>though the message on a virtual console is "dbootstrap: Make boot floppy failed..."
Yes, the package you want is called boot-floppies:
apt-get source boot-floppies
or
http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/boot-floppies.html
or
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/admin/boot-floppies_2.2.23.tar.gz
The error occurs somewhere near :
utilities/dbootstrap/bootconfig.c:93
from what you have described it looks like the failure is in here (though I
can't be sure with the info we have at the moment):
printf(_("Formatting the floppy...\n"));
/* We don't have (yet) 2.88 MB bootable floppy ... */
snprintf(prtbuf, sizeof(prtbuf), BC_RUN_SFORMAT, device,
(size > 720) ? "hd" : "dd");
/* DO NOT USE execlog() */
INFOMSG("formatting floppy with cmd '%s'", prtbuf);
status = system(prtbuf);
boxResume();
if (status) return 1;
sounds like status is non-zero The commands leading up to it are something like
this (the actual decive is system dependant (/dev/fd0):
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";
/target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0 hd
It would be nice to be able to manually run superformat.
Did you see any error messages that could be coming from superformat (from the
superformat man page) :
Troubleshooting
FDC busy, sleeping for a second
When another program accesses a disk drive on the
same controller as the one being formatted, super�
format has to wait until the other access is fin�
ished. If this happens, check whether any other
program accesses a drive (or whether a drive is
mounted), kill that program (or unmount the drive),
and the format should proceed normally.
I/O errors during verification
Your drive may be too far out of tolerance, and you
may thus need to supply a margin parameter. Run
floppymeter (see section floppymeter) to find out
an appropriate value for this parameter, and add
the suggested margin parameter to the command line
> Brian
>
> --- bri r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >This is my first exposure to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for about a year.
>
> >
> >I got Debian 2.2r3 "Espy" through CheapBytes.com and the install goes fine until I
>try "Make Boot Floppy" screen. Then it formats the disk and gives the error message
>"Make Boot Floppy Failed..." I tried many floppies with the write-protect off. I
>tried redoing the whole process again after verifying my floppy drive still works.
>Any suggestions? I haven't found anything on the web or mailing list archives about
>this.
> >
> >My system is:
> >Pentium 150 with 256KB cache and 48 Megs of RAM
> >bootable CD-Rom
> >Western Digital UDMA-66 15Gb harddrive with first Gb containing Windows 95.
> >1 floppy drive.
> >1 IOmega Parallel Port Zip Drive
> >PS/2 mouse.
> >
> >Brian
> >
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