Rich wrote: > I get to the point in the Debian install where it asks to make a > boot floppy. Everything else seems to be ok, but it keeps giving > me errors when trying to create the boot disk. I'm not sure what > the error is and I know the floppy is good because I just formatted > it under Win98 and can create files on it. What would cause the > Debian install to not be able to create a boot floppy?
I came across the same problem with one machine. What I did was at that point in the installation shutdown, boot again with the debian cdrom, and enter `linux root=/dev/hdax' at the boot prompt, with `hdax' being the root partition to be. Then I installed a minimal system that would be able to compile a kernel using make-kpkg, compiled a kernel, installed it, rebooted, and continued from there. Just ask this list if you need more specifics :) Does anyone know what goes wrong? HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
