> > I've heard of others having problems with getting a working version of the > > installation disks and I've tried doing what was suggested in each case - > > "download the image and write to a fresh floppy and try again" - however, > > that hasn't been helping in my case. > > > > The boot/rescue disk works perfectly for me. No problems there. I can go > > through the boot routine, initialize the hard disk, etc, but when I try to > > read in the base floppies, I get errors every time. > > > > In re-creating the disks, I've experienced minor variations on when the > > errors occur. Sometimes, it won't even begin to read the first disk while > > other times, I might get error messages, but it'll continue to read the > > disk almost all the way through. But, no matter how far it gets on this > > first disk, it doesn't complete it. > > > > I should mention that I'm writing this message at work and I've been > > experiencing the problems at home - which is where I have the exact error > > message written down... <grin>... so I can't quote it here, but it's pretty > > cryptic - not much english in the messages. Nothing obvious like "Data > > error reading, writing....", "Media error", etc... > > > > The installation always ends in a kernel panic and I have to reboot. > > > > The particular system I'm currently working on is a 386SX/25, 8MB, 210MB > > IDE, 1.44MB FD. > > > > I've been able to get around this by installing 1.1 (no complaints there) > > and then upgrading via FTP to 1.2, but that's a little painful (and slow) > > on 386-based systems.... I'd like to have a working set of 1.2 install > > diskettes, but no luck so far. > > > > BTW, I've tried both the December and January versions of the install disk > > images. Same thing with either version. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > I'm not sure that this has anything to do with either the base disks or > the boot floppies, but there will be a fresh set either tonight or > tomorrow that should make it to the mirrors by the first of the week. > I would suggest however, that you find some really good disks, format them > and rawrite a new set of base disks. If what you are getting is something > cryptic like: > > A09F... > B609... > > (it's been a long time since I saw this, so the above is only vaguely > similar to any actuall message) > This indicates failed sector reads caused by a bad disk.
I'm not sure that those were the errors I was getting; however, I tried to eliminate the possibility of bad disks by using many different fresh diskette sets. I reformatted them before writing the image to them - no bad sectors reported. Each time I ran into the problem, I used a completely new set of diskettes - i.e. I've got about 5 stacks of 6 disks around.... I'm pretty persistent.... <grin> However, I ran into the same problem with each set of diskettes.... (as described above). Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Edmondson Roper Chilliwack, BC, Canada http://users.uniserve.com/~erca System Administrator ValleyNet (a CN operated by the Fraser Valley Community Information Society) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
