Actually, I got the installation to work with the LS-120 drive. After installing debian and creating a boot floppy, upon reboot I get 'Loading...................' and then the machine reboots...
Thanks for the suggestions, Paul On 10-Mar-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems that I did not understand what is the problem. > I thought you can't *start* the installation process because the machine has > no "normal" floppy drive. Reading your reply made me thought that the problem > is that the installation process does not run becuase the default kernel > could > not get loaded. Where this problem is due to the special floppy drive. > Well, if I got it correctly this time then a possible solution might be to > get > the installation process to start using a custom kernel. Where the custom > kernel will not look for the fd, because it was compiled without any fd > support. > In any case, I am thinking of ways to make /dev/hdb the root partition. > >> Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this... >> >> The big problem with the machine we are installing Debian >> on is the fact that it does not have a "normal" floppy >> drive. I have not looked into using the LS-120 as the >> root partition, but I will try it one of these days. >> >> Paul >> >> >> > I have persuaded a co-worker to install Debian on his machine. >> >> > However, he has a LS-120 drive (essentially a 120MB capacity >> >> > floppy) and no "normal" floppy drive. I wrote a resc1440.bin >> >> > (from hamm/main/disks-i386/current) for him since rawrite2 >> >> > will not work (apparently) with these disk drives. The problem >> >> > is when it comes to install the kernel and modules on the HDD, >> >> > the system cannot mount the floppy drive. I am trying to install >> >> > Debian on /dev/hdb (an IDE drive), and /dev/hda has a NT installation. >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
