Hello, I have a problem booting Debian from ZIP250 drive
I need to boot from zip disk and also mount it as a root. I have one diskete partitioned and with Debian Potato installed on it. In my workstation I am able to boot from it but not in PowerEdge350 router. The zip drive is connected on second IDE controller as a master. (/dev/hdc) zip diskette is formated with partition table and one partition /dev/hdc1. The router doesn't have floppy drive and also the diskette controller is disabled in BIOS. I got as far as I can see a LIL- message with this setting on boot. In /etc/lilo I have boot=/dev/hdc disc=/dev/hdc bios=0 -- the "bios=0" setting I found in booting from LS120 root=/dev/hdc1 I dont use linear, compact, lba32. When I try these it doesnt work or be the same. The BIOS setings related to ZIP drive: IDE Secondary Master: IOMEGA ZIP 250 Type: ATAPI Removable LBA Mode Control: Disabled -- I also used Enabled, doesnt matter Multi-Sector Transfers: 16 Sectors PIO Mode: 0 Ultra DMA: Mode 0 Use ARMD drive as: Auto -- it's the same as Floppy The boot sequence (priority) is boot only from Floppy 1st Boot Device: Floppy My workstation is DELL OptiPlex GX1. The bootable zip diskete was created in it and the workstation is able to boot from the zip disk. BIOS settings related to ZIP drive: Bootup Sequence: ATAPI Zip Drive A:, Diskette Drive A:, HardDisk Drive C: Disketta Drive A: 3.5 Use Zip as A or B: On Primary Drive 0: EIDE 20520 Primary Drive 1: Bootable Zip drive -- Radek Hnilica <Radek at Hnilica dot CZ> =========================== No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]