Hello, This is what I want: install Debian on a Compaq Pentium I. I can connect a cd-rom drive to it, but I can't make it bootable (compaq: no bios-setup). The other possibility is to install debian using the internet (ftp.nl.debian.org) as a source for the packages. In order to do this I needed two disks, a rescue disk and a root disk. When I boot I get the error described in the installation guide, http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html section 5.6.1 The floppydrive doesn't recognise the root disk, and I am flowed with I/O errors. The rescuedisk is no problem. I created the disk by downloading them and rawrite them to disk. The site suggests redownloading and retrying, but I retried 6 times now, without result. I also tried another diskdrive. (same type). Diskdrives from another type work fine, but I can't connect them to my computer, since compaq uses the normal IDE cable to connect a floppy drive to the mainboard. Actually there is a slot for a floppy drive, but connecting one to it doesn't make sense, it just isn't recognised as the floppy disk.
Is there a way to solve this? I just want to install Debian, so other possibilities are appreciated as wel. thanks in advance Erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
