(bootdisk HOWTO & initrd) => "login incorrect" :-(

The "funny/strange" thing for me is, that I can pass at boot the option "single" and am asked for the password AND CAN log in?!?! Can anyone help me?? What's wrong with my image, what did I do wrong? Thanks Pir --- Alles Kaufen und Verkaufen! eBay.at - der eigene Marktplatz für Österreich. ht

(bootdisk HOWTO & initrd) => "login incorrect" :-(

Hi, I tried to make a initrd (root has to stay in ram) image by hand, following the suggestions of the bootdisk HOWTO. So I copied almost everything to my image, but when I boot I am prompted to type in my login name. But after doing so I receive four lines of "Login incorrect" (automa

Re: Sarge bootdisk

john gennard wrote: Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: steel, I did nothing to 'avoid' the option, quite simply it was not made available to me. I'm not sure whether the DVD contains beta4 - the write up merely says " taken the latest Debian DVD build made with the jigdo tool" At the end of the

Re: Sarge bootdisk

Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: steel, I did nothing to 'avoid' the option, quite simply it was not made available to me. I'm not sure whether the DVD contains beta4 - the write up merely says " taken the latest Debian DVD build made with the jigdo tool" At the end of the base install, I was

Re: Sarge bootdisk

john gennard wrote: steef van duin wrote: Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). I don't see why the new installer should vary fro

Re: Sarge bootdisk

john gennard wrote: steel, I did nothing to 'avoid' the option, quite simply it was not made available to me. I'm not sure whether the DVD contains beta4 - the write up merely says " taken the latest Debian DVD build made with the jigdo tool" At the end of the base install, I was given the optio

Re: Sarge bootdisk

steef van duin wrote: Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). I don't see why the new installer should vary from dvd to cd, as I ch

Re: Sarge bootdisk

Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). I don't see why the new installer should vary from dvd to cd, as I checked out both Beta3

Re: Sarge bootdisk

machine I downloaded an .iso and burned it to CD and yes that gave the bootdisk option. I no longer have the CD and the ADSL line I had access to is longer available to me. I just downloaded the beta4 109MB iso overnight, while I slept, on 56K dialup. Burned it to disc over breakfast, installed it

Re: Sarge bootdisk

Katipo wrote: john gennard wrote: Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). I don't see why the new installer should vary from dvd to cd, as I checked out both Beta3

Re: Sarge bootdisk

john gennard wrote: Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). I don't see why the new installer should vary from dvd to cd, as I checked out both Beta3 and 4, and both ha

Sarge bootdisk

Am trying to do a new install of Sarge from a DVD. The new installer does not appear to allow the creation of a bootdisk (although the text assumes you can do so). The Ash shell launchable from the installer does not include 'mkboot', so cannot be used. I already have Knoppix installed o

Re: parted bootdisk: where can I find it?

On 2004-02-17, Johann Spies penned: > > --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: > quoted-printable > > According to the documentation the images should be at=20 > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdi

parted bootdisk: where can I find it?

According to the documentation the images should be at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk but it that is not the case. Does anybody on this list know about an alternative url? It would be great if these images could be included in the debian packages of parted. Regards Johann -- Johann

Re: Troubles with creating fd0 bootdisk

Joxny wrote: > I want to create single bootdisk minidistribution on my fd0 but I have > some problems. > Probably I don`t understand some things in how-to, because however hard > I tried (lilo,syslinux,dd) the boot proces halted after message: > > Uncompresing linux

Troubles with creating fd0 bootdisk

I want to create single bootdisk minidistribution on my fd0 but I have some problems. Probably I don`t understand some things in how-to, because however hard I tried (lilo,syslinux,dd) the boot proces halted after message: Uncompresing linux...ok, booting the kernel. and with blinking leds

bootdisk

Some time ago someone posted a step by step response on how to created a floppy boot disk which contained lilo. I always boot from floppies without lilo, and now need to create one with lilo - I could do it if I had lilo which allowed me to boot from a harddisk, but I don't. I've searched the arch

passing mem= with a bootdisk, mkrescue

than 64M of RAM. Of course I would like to find out before I start ripping out drives and start messing with jumpers. How do I pass mem=72M when using a bootdisk created during the installation of a kernel built with make-kpkg? Is there a way to tell the kernel it has more RAM after it is running

Re: bootdisk for jigdo cdrom

#include Francois Chenais wrote on Fri Jun 21, 2002 um 02:34:12PM: > Hello, > > I have a jigdo cdrom but the computer I use doesn't want to boot > on it :-| > > So, which boot disk must I uses to boot bf2.4 woody dist ? The two disks calles rescue.bin and root.bin, located in

bootdisk for jigdo cdrom

Hello, I have a jigdo cdrom but the computer I use doesn't want to boot on it :-| So, which boot disk must I uses to boot bf2.4 woody dist ? Thanks a lot. François -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: OT: Bootdisk that hands over to boot from CD?

#x27;d just use it as a boot image for > grub, that should work ;-) > it is not exactly the same but you could make a special msdos bootdisk (or just use a win9x-bootdisk) to mount your cdrom and use loadlin.exe to launch the kernel. Greetz, Sebastiaan -- NT is the OS of the future. The m

Re: Kernel parameters on bootdisk

Of course, Jeremiah Mahler's idea worked. I made the script, #!/bin/bash set -e mkfs -c /dev/fd0 mount /dev/fd0 /floppy/vmlinuz lilo -C ~/lilo-bootdisc.conf umount /dev/fd0 And lilo-bootdisc.conf was, compact boot=/dev/fd0

OT: Bootdisk that hands over to boot from CD?

Hi all, my system _should_ be able to boot from CD, but right now it doesn't, so I wondered if someone knows about an image of a diskette, that just hands the bootprocess over to the CD, when booted into. (I'd just use it as a boot image for grub, that should work ;-) kind regards, Ingo

Re: Kernel parameters on bootdisk

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: (snip) > I dont know if my solution is what you are looking for but here it is > anyway. I made a boot disk for using on a diskless machine by > essentially doing the same thing as I do with a hard disk. > I created an ext2 filesystem on the floppy and c

Re: Kernel parameters on bootdisk

On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:40:28AM -0400, Mark Carroll wrote: > What must I do to pass parameters to things compiled into a kernel on a > bootdisk, when I do "make zdisk" or whatever with the kernel sources, > in the same way that one can pass parameters with lilo'

Kernel parameters on bootdisk

What must I do to pass parameters to things compiled into a kernel on a bootdisk, when I do "make zdisk" or whatever with the kernel sources, in the same way that one can pass parameters with lilo's "append"? -- Mark

Formatting //dev/fd0 for bootdisk

I recently installed kernel 2.4.8 and the compilation went fine. To test it before actually changing from my previous version I did a dd if=bzImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 using a Imation floppy 2.0MB, High density formatted with superformat /dev/fd0 hd On using this diskette to boot up, there is a f

Re: two problems with building a bootdisk

> "Martin" == Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> and just sits there forever. /sbin/getty is never executed, Martin> and i can't get into the system. then, every now and then, Martin> init complains about both getty's restarting to quickly and Martin> disabled them for 5 addit

Fwd: two problems with building a bootdisk

are there no sympathetic souls out there who'd help me? - Forwarded message from "Martin F. Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - hi, i would like to build a 1722k bootdisk for a diskless router. sure, linuxrouter.org exists, but i would like to make it an exercise to

bootdisk - via-rhine pb's

Hi After the third card with rtl8139 went silent I changed to a via-rhine one. I could not make my debian2.2r2 see it so I opted for a new install. According to kernel-config on idepci bootdisks the driver should be compiled into the loaded kernel. >From dmesg on an installation that only rea

Re: Laptops and Linux (was: Re: tecra bootdisk)

On 3 August 2000 at 23:05, Rogerio Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in the market for a new computer and I'm still deciding if > I'll go with a desktop or with a laptop... I'm looking for > something that uses only free-software, without third-party > drivers and th

Laptops and Linux (was: Re: tecra bootdisk)

On Aug 03 2000, Pollywog wrote: > I had to use a Tecra disk on my ThinkPad. Then I installed a new > kernel (made with 'make-kpkg'). I am able to use 'mkboot' but I > don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that I made a > custom kernel. Just as a completely unrelated questio

RE: tecra bootdisk

On 03-Aug-2000 Richard Black wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to make a new boot disk for a Woody system on a Toshiba > Satellite. I run mkboot, and all looks good...except when I try to use > the disk it just freezes. > > When I first installed debian (slink) I had to use a tecra rescue disk. >

tecra bootdisk

Hi all I am trying to make a new boot disk for a Woody system on a Toshiba Satellite. I run mkboot, and all looks good...except when I try to use the disk it just freezes. When I first installed debian (slink) I had to use a tecra rescue disk. Does this mean that mkboot won't work? I have also

bootdisk to automate custom installs

Can anyone point me to a set of tools to create custom Debian boot disks to automate installation (via packages or an NFS image), maintain the custom set of packages/image, maybe combine all of this with a subset of the Debian CD and create a bootable CD version? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: creating a bootdisk

> How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after the > installation? I think it is not enough 'dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0' only > because I see some syslinux related files. Hmm... I haven't seen this mentioned yet: /usr/sbin/mkboot /vmlinuz

Re: creating a bootdisk

Have a look at the Bootdisk HowTo Sven Attila Csosz wrote: > How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after the > installation? I think it is not enough 'dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0' only > because I see some syslinux related files. &

Re: creating a bootdisk

Where is the syslinux program? This program is it on the debian boot disk! Attila On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 07:44:45AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync > rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/your_root_partition > rdev -R /dev/fd0 1 -- --

Re: creating a bootdisk

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Attila wrote: > I'd prefer a method based on 'dd' and 'cp'. It is possible? > > Thanks > Attila > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 21:57, Attila Csosz wrote: > >> How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian

Re: creating a bootdisk

Attila wrote: > > I'd prefer a method based on 'dd' and 'cp'. It is possible? If you have the debianutils package installed, you will have a spiffy little program (shell script actually) called mkboot whose sole purpose in life is to make a boot disk. Sean

Re: creating a bootdisk

I'd prefer a method based on 'dd' and 'cp'. It is possible? Thanks Attila > On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 21:57, Attila Csosz wrote: >> How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after >> the >> installation? I think it

Re: creating a bootdisk

On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 21:57, Attila Csosz wrote: > How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after the > installation? I think it is not enough 'dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0' only > because I see some syslinux related files. The easiest way to do t

creating a bootdisk

How could I create a new bootdisk like created the debian installer after the installation? I think it is not enough 'dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0' only because I see some syslinux related files. Thanks Attila -- ---

Re: bootdisk

Arne wrote: > > Can someone point me to the bootdisk-image from the debian ftp-site. > Thanks, > Arne > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null go to http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors and chose a mirror site. On that site go t

bootdisk

Can someone point me to the bootdisk-image from the debian ftp-site. Thanks, Arne

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

On 9 Dec 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > Dale, can you try just booting with the rescue disk at > ? > > Let me know if this doesn't work... Works just fine! Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

Gunnar Evermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've made the same experience with a TP 365XD. Can you try booting from the set at please? -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/>

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

Heikki Vatiainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can someone point me to a rescue disk for the ThinkPad? I can > > install Red Hat 6.1 and Caldera 2.3, but not Debian! > > Try the tecra disks, resc1440tecra.bin and resc1440tecra-safe.bin. I > am using a ThinkPad 770Z, and I had to use the tecra r

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

Dale, can you try just booting with the rescue disk at ? Let me know if this doesn't work... -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/>

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: > > Can someone point me to a rescue disk for the ThinkPad? I can install Red > > Hat 6.1 and Caldera 2.3, but not Debian! > > Try the tecra disks, resc1440tecra.bin and resc1440tecra-safe.bin. > I am using a ThinkPad 770Z, and I had to use the tecra r

Re: Bootdisk for ThinkPad

> Can someone point me to a rescue disk for the ThinkPad? I can install Red > Hat 6.1 and Caldera 2.3, but not Debian! Try the tecra disks, resc1440tecra.bin and resc1440tecra-safe.bin. I am using a ThinkPad 770Z, and I had to use the tecra rescue disk to get it up and running. > Dwarf // Heik

Bootdisk for ThinkPad

My Compaq died last Sunday, so I rented a replacement to take me to the LSP specification meeting this weekend. Well the short version is that it is an IBM ThinkPad, and the Debian 2.1 boot disks will not work. (root.bin gets loaded as does the kernel, but there it hangs without uncompressing the k

Re: bootdisk problem

> I was booting off the bootdisk and when the initial message and the boot: > prompt comes up, I hit enter, and it loads the root.bin, prints 4 periods, > and then hangs, like this: > >loading root.bin > > I tried all the boot images, resc-1440, resc-1440-safe, resc-14

bootdisk problem

Trying to install Debian 2.1 on a friend's Dell Optiflex 486-66. I was booting off the bootdisk and when the initial message and the boot: prompt comes up, I hit enter, and it loads the root.bin, prints 4 periods, and then hangs, like this: loading root.bin I tried all the boot i

Re: Help: Rebuild bootdisk from CD after install?

You might try giving it "rescue" at the boot prompt. This is available with the Slink (2.1) disk. If the set-up is anything like Slink, it won't overwrite anything until you tell it to do so. -- ++ | Eric G. Miller

Help: Rebuild bootdisk from CD after install?

I installed Debian 2.0 (CheapBytes CD) on my second hard drive, but I didn't install Lilo, and until now have been booting from the bootdisk. Today the bootdisk failed. Can I get another bootdisk from the CD by skipping the partitioning steps (so I don't wipe out my installed system)

Re: bootdisk for bi celeron bp6 ata 66 controller.

the ata66 controller is only supported by a 3rd party kernel patch. some people say it works, others say it doesn't .. i have a BP6 myself, the thing is unstable as hell in SMP (fine in UP), but i use SCSI only no IDE. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]--

bootdisk for bi celeron bp6 ata 66 controller.

Hello, ... Does anyone have a debian rescue disk with a kernel supporting the ata66 controller of the bp6 bi celeron motherboard ? or know of another way to install debian on an empty ata66 harddisk attached on said controller ? Appart from putting the harddisk on the ATA33 controller naturally.

Re: Kernel question: From bootdisk to hard drive

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Please try to keep lines to <76 chars in length. On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, David Kanter wrote: > I've got a custom bootdisk that works fine. I moved the kernel to my > home directory using dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/home/david/vmlinuz. (I also > used cat

Kernel question: From bootdisk to hard drive

I've got a custom bootdisk that works fine. I moved the kernel to my home directory using dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/home/david/vmlinuz. (I also used cat /dev/fd0 > /home/david/vmlinuz and it did the same thing.) Everything is OK, except the file size of this new kernel looks like its the si

Re: 2.3.14 kernel bootdisk

Colin, I would suggest you change your mailer to use no more than 80 columns... 76 or so seems standard. As for the exact reason why your kernel panicked, I can't say. However, IU have *never* needed to specify init=anything. It could just be me.,. :) but, most people seem to boot their kernel wit

Re: 2.3.14 kernel bootdisk

Hello. Please limit your lines to 70 characters. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a friend who has only win98 installed on > her computer. she would like linux instead, but the 2.0 and 2.2 kernels do > not have support for her hard drive controller (the stock debian install > from bootable CD "ca

2.3.14 kernel bootdisk

I have a friend who has only win98 installed on her computer. she would like linux instead, but the 2.0 and 2.2 kernels do not have support for her hard drive controller (the stock debian install from bootable CD "cannot find any devices" on which to install). so, i compiled her a 2.3.14 kernel,

Re: newbie² in trouble: installation failshello there, (please forgive my poor English)I've got an interesting case for you linux wizzkids...I tried to install Debian 2.1 and now i can't boot from hard disk andfloppy, or reinstall the system:I tried to install Debian 2.1 on a 486 with floppies.I managed to bootfrom hard disk, and started doing some linux. Soon i got tired ofdownloading the packages each time i wanted to try something new andordered the cdroms. First wanted to configure the cd-driver for mycreative labs CR-563 B in linux, it never worked out(also in dselect).After a while i convinced myself it would be better to reinstall (whatwould allow me to repartition as well). I still had a rescue and a bootdisk. I repartitioned, and wanted to continue with a cdrom-installation.I couldn't configure my cdrom-driver. I tried a few things, and gave itup. When i wanted to reboot, i found out my hard disk was empty(ipartitioned it), and i tried to reboot with my boot disk. Linux stoppedbooting with an 'unable to open an initial console' message. Then icould only try to reinstall with floppies. When i started the wholeinstallation once again everything seemed allright, till i came at'install the OS kernel and modules' where you have to insert the rescuedisk (it was already inserted). i got 'this is not the rescuefloppy...'message. tried it again and again, nothing helped. I threw thefloppy away, took another computer, rawrited2 resc1440.bin to it, thisone didn't work either, nor did any other floppy.(all formatted 14.4disks that allowed me to start the installation but stopped at the samepoint).So these are my questions: how can i get Linux to understand that i'musing the right floppies?how can i configure my CR-563creative labs in the installation program?what is this message when i bootfrom a boot-floppy:'unable to open an initial console'?here are some technical details: MB: Sis85c47,BIOS: Award v 4.50G,12MBram, SB16 with CR-563B CDROM (proprietary), linuxver: Debian 2.1, kernel

Holy smoke! I didn't know one could get that much into a Subject header!!! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_

newbie² in trouble: installation failshello there, ( please forgive my poor English)I've got an interesting case for you linux wizzkids...I tried to install Debian 2.1 and now i can't boot from hard disk andfloppy, or reinstall the system:I tried to install Debian 2.1 on a 486 with floppies.I managed to bootfrom hard disk, and started doing some linux. Soon i got tired ofdownloading the packages each time i wanted to try something new andordered the cdroms. First wanted to configure the cd-driver for mycreative labs CR-563 B in linux, it never worked out(also in dselect).After a while i convinced myself it would be better to reinstall (whatwould allow me to repartition as well). I still had a rescue and a bootdisk. I repartitioned, and wanted to continue with a cdrom-installation.I couldn't configure my cdrom-driver. I tried a few things, and gave it up. When i wanted to reboot, i found out my hard disk was empty(i partitioned it), and i tried to reboot with my boot disk. Linux stopped booting with an 'unable to open an initial console' message. Then i could only try to reinstall with floppies. When i started the whole installation once again everything seemed allright, till i came at 'install the OS kernel and modules' where you have to insert the rescue disk (it was already inserted). i got 'this is not the rescue floppy...'message. tried it again and again, nothing helped. I threw the floppy away, took another computer, rawrited2 resc1440.bin to it, this one didn't work either, nor did any other floppy.(all formatted 14.4 disks that allowed me to start the installation but stopped at the same point).So these are my questions: how can i get Linux to understand that i'musing the right floppies? how can i configure my CR-563 creative labs in the installation program? what is this message when i boot from a boot-floppy:'unable to open an initial console'?here are some technical details: MB: Sis85c47,BIOS: Award v 4.50G,12MBram, SB16 with CR-563B CDROM (proprietary), linuxver: Debian 2.1, kernel

>hello there, (please forgive my poor English) Hi Damiaan No need, Your English is very good. I don't know anything about your cdrom, but I do have allot Of experience with bad disks. Try A different disk and redownload resc1440.bin and rawrite it again it may have gotten corrupted ( con

Re: Bootdisk / syslinux Problems

t it's syslinux - >same results. Booting from a RedHat 5.0 bootdisk, this one is not using >syslinux, worked fine. The boot process always stops after a few seconds: >loading xxx Has anybody seen this before ? What can I do ? Booting >from CD-ROM is no option, because the PC

Bootdisk / syslinux Problems

Hi, I recently got an old Dell 486 PC. I tried to install Debian 2.0 on it, but booting with a disk which is using syslinux is not working. I tried bootdisks from other distributions to make shure, that it's syslinux - same results. Booting from a RedHat 5.0 bootdisk, this one is not

Re: Bootdisk problem

ump? tar? cpio? > > alexander e dukat wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to create a custom bootdisk so that I may be able to restore > > my old setup off of a tapedrive. I have one problem, I am unable to get > > the bootdisk to boot. The kernel loads and

Bootdisk problem

Hello, I am trying to create a custom bootdisk so that I may be able to restore my old setup off of a tapedrive. I have one problem, I am unable to get the bootdisk to boot. The kernel loads and the root image is read into the Ramdisk and then mounted read-only, but then when init is suppose to

Re: Custom Bootdisk Problem

On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Tim Buller wrote: > I am using yard-1.15 to make a compressed root fs floppy for installation > of the some new systems (hamm). I can write the image out, and it boots > fine, but when I try to login as root (with no passwd) I get: > > login[20]: invalid password for 'UNKNOWN

Custom Bootdisk Problem

I am using yard-1.15 to make a compressed root fs floppy for installation of the some new systems (hamm). I can write the image out, and it boots fine, but when I try to login as root (with no passwd) I get: login[20]: invalid password for 'UNKNOWN' on 'tty1' If I try to "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" it, I g

Re: Adaptec 2840 VLB Fails from bootdisk

Hi Daniel; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I have a 486dx4/100 system that has both PCI and VLB on the same board. > I have Caldera currently running on the machine. The SCSI controller on > it is a Adaptec 2840 VLB (Rev E, btw) > > Basically.. it hangs.. and gives errors something like

Adaptec 2840 VLB Fails from bootdisk

I have a 486dx4/100 system that has both PCI and VLB on the same board. I have Caldera currently running on the machine. The SCSI controller on it is a Adaptec 2840 VLB (Rev E, btw) Basically.. it hangs.. and gives errors something like "scsi0 spurrious intterupt" etc I'm using a boot disk t

Re: Bootdisk for PCMCIA?

Lukas Eppler wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a boot floppy set which supports installation over a pcmcia > network card? > > If not, how is the simplest way to do it? Not that I know of. I've recently installed Debian on 3 laptops, mostly by stumbling around in the dark until something worked. My

Bootdisk for PCMCIA?

Hi, Is there a boot floppy set which supports installation over a pcmcia network card? If not, how is the simplest way to do it? -- Lukas Eppler -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: bootdisk/lilo/ramdisk

Install the "boot-floppies" package and modify the script that creates the rescue disk to add the facilities you need. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL

bootdisk/lilo/ramdisk

I'm trying to make a boot disk with lilo and a ramdisk on it, is this possible? Also, when I was booting from my first homemade bootdisk+ramdisk I didn't have all the libraries I needed... From this boot disk I want to run zftape.o (module) and taper 6.8. Does taper require tar+gzip

re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

I previously wrote: > Installation fails on this old machine shortly after hitting return at the > 'Boot Parameters' prompt using the standard bootdisk. Linux 1.2.13 runs fine. Additional info: after hitting return I get from 3 to 6 dots and then a 'bad disk' mes

Re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:20:06 -0500, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: >most cases hardware will be blamed, even though the problem appears on >a variety of memory/CPU/motherboard/add-on configurations, and the same >configurations can run other OSs (*including* older versions of Linux) The external ca

Re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

On Aug 11, 7:25pm, Bruce Perens wrote: > Subject: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33 : From: "Christopher R. Hertel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On my system (brand-new AMD-486DX4-120), the error that I get tells : > me that the failure is occurri

Re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

On Aug 9, 8:18am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33 : Installation fails on this old machine shortly after hitting return : at the 'Boot Parameters' prompt using the standard bootdisk. Linux : 1.2.13 runs fine. : I suspec

Re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

On Aug 9, 8:18am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33 : : Installation fails on this old machine shortly after hitting return : at the 'Boot Parameters' prompt using the standard bootdisk. Linux : 1.2.13 runs fine. : : I s

installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33

Installation fails on this old machine shortly after hitting return at the 'Boot Parameters' prompt using the standard bootdisk. Linux 1.2.13 runs fine. I suspect (based upon bug reports) that APM is enabled in the kernel on the standard bootdisk and that this is the problem. I

Re: 1.1 install bootdisk problems

There are some reported problems with the Linux 2.0 kernel. We'd need a better description to figure out what's going wrong with your system. Try removing non-essential hardware cards and see if it boots. Thanks Bruce

1.1 install bootdisk problems

Hi. I recently attempted to install debian 1.1 on my machine, and encountered some problems early on. After I hit enter at the boot: prompt, it gets about halfway through loading before it locks up. The last few messages I see are: Aiee, killing interrupt handler Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 Also,