[H-GEN] Debian install floppy boot problem

[Anthony Towns]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 04:36:10PM +1000, Greg Black wrote:
> I have been attempting to install Debian on my laptop from the
> CD[1] that was distributed by AUUG late last year.

*sigh*

> I made a
> floppy from "rescue.bin" and booted the system from it.  I read
> all the help screens attached to the various function keys and
> then tried various incantations to start the install process.

Did you try each of the different kernels that should be
available? (idepci, bf2.4, vanilla and safe iirc) If you can boot from the
CD, you should be able to just type each of those in; if you can't, you'll
have to hunt for floppy images under dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/
that're the right size and in directories matching those names ("vanilla"
is the one that's just in ".", iirc). bf2.4 and safe ought to be the
likely candidates.

> Am I doing something really stupid, or should I conclude that
> Debian just won't even boot on this box?

"Debian sucks" would be what'd leap to my mind, but hey. I'd then probably
try some Red Hat install media, find it worked, and use the kernel off
it to do a hacked up installation of Debian...

> [1] The CD in question is labelled ``Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
>     "Woody" installation disk (CD 1) Intel i386 and above''
> [2] Useful suggestions, in my case, don't include downloading
>     ISOs from the Net.

You should already have everything that's useful as far as the initial
install goes.

Cheers,
a ``typical shoddy garbage you'd expect from a bunch of freeloading
    hippy beatniks who spend all their time patting themselves on the
    back about how morally upright they are'' j

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