Hello,
First, I'm not a newbie, I've been running linux since 1992.
(Just so you'll know :-)
Second, my problem is this. I can't install Debian 2.0 on
this particular computer. It's a fine machine, an AMD K6-2/300,
on an ALI/Award motherboard. 64MB of 100Mhz ram. An adaptec
2940. I installed Redhat and Turbolinux on it just fine. I
am using it now, X, IP Networking, everything is fine. I want
to whack this system and install debian now. I really do want to
do this. Yes I have a backup.
When I try to install Debian, either booting from the CD, or running
the boot.bat on the cd, or taking the image from the CD and putting it
on a floppy, or making a floppy with the image from debian.org, I always
get the same result. At the point where it initializes the AIC-7xxx,
the machine freezes. It doesn't boot.
I have kernels, and indeed whole systems, that work fine. Here is where
it freezes:
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 8/0
(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) BIOS enabled, IO Port 0x6c00, IRQ 11
(scsi0) IO Memory at 0xe6000000, MMAP Memory at 0x4805000
(scsi0) Resetting channel
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded
That's it. It doesn't get past that. The next line should be:
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.0.19/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
But I don't get there. It goes kaput. I have to push the Microsoft button.
Now, given that I have a working linux system, (58 working linux systems
at my WORKplace, I'm proud to say :-), what's my next step?
1. Can I make a debian install boot floppy using a known-good kernel?
(I know there is a debian package for making install disks, but it
is a chicken-egg problem.)
2. Can I somehow boot redhat or turbolinux or whatever is installed, and
jump right into the debian install process? Like, can I run something
from
the cd, like "install?" from single user mode, or whatever?
3. Are there any other image disks that I haven't found yet?
And WHY is this happening? Again, I'm fairly clueful, and I do have great
success booting other linuxes on this machine... Why not debian?
--
James
http://ssdd.conservatory.com
