Todd Suess wrote: > > Greetings, > > I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because > I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a > floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just > passes on to my hard drive boot instead. I use a boot disk to boot Debian > off of /dev/hdb1 and don't have a problem with that, but this disk does not > seem to want to boot. Am I doing something stupid here, or did I miss > something? Any suggestions would be most helpful.
I've never personally used the package you are referring to but often I have come across a bad floppy during an install. I'd copy on a different floppy and see if that works. hth, kent