Addressed to: Jose Oncina Carratala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
debian-user@lists.debian.org
** Reply to note from Jose Oncina Carratala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 20 Sep
1997 13:25:01 +0200
>
> Lawrence Lucier wrote:
>
> > Howdy all...........:-)
> >
> > Picked up the following files:
> >
> > 9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin
> > 9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin
> > 9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin
> > 9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin
> > 9-18-97 12:05p 1474560 42 drv1440.bin
> > 9-18-97 11:14a 50556 0 install.txt
> > 9-18-97 1:08p 17863 42 rawrite2.exe
> > 9-18-97 12:10p 1474560 42 resc1440.bin
> >
> > Followed the directions layed out in install.txt to make the boot, rescue,
> > base, and driver
> > floppies using rawrite2.exe. Didn't appear to be any problems involved
> > with generating the
> > floppies.
> >
> > Have run through the install proceedure three times now, ending up with the
> > same problem(s) each
> > time:
> >
> > The following error message is generated when the installation program is
> > setting up Debian so
> > that it can be booted from the harddrive:
> >
> > sbin/dinstall: /target/sbin/lilo: not found
> >
> > When exiting the installation program upon completing the setup, the setup
> > program asks if the
> > user wants the system rebooted.........when I answer yes, all that happens
> > is a couple of lines
> > of text stating "Closing xxxxx files" etc. The reboot does not take
> > place......the computer is
> > just left hanging there displaying those lines of text.
> >
> > When I try using the boot floppy disk (NOT the rescue disk), the boot
> > appears to proceed
> > correctly but again I am left with a hung screen.........the driver text
> > info is displayed as
> > it's being loaded but then I can proceed no further. (Keyboard is
> > functional as I can still type
> > but commands are not being processed.)
> >
> > Any thoughts on why these things are occuring would be greatly
> > appreciated......thanks! :-)
>
> I had a similar problem, some times it said:
>
> sbin/dinstall: /target/sbin/lilo: not found
>
> other times it said:
>
> open /boot/boot.b : No such file or directory
>
> and other times:
>
> Error in archive format.
>
> I tried a lot of things but I soved the problem changing the hard disk.
> In order to be sure of that I used the "badblocks" command with the options
> "-sw"
> over the partition where I was instaling the Linux and it found a lot of
> badblocks.
Howdy.........thanks for the comeback on this! :-) My harddrives fine (touch
wood!
<grin>).....seems I can't even boot from the floppy that the rescue disk makes
during the
install. :( Oh well, will keep plugging away at it.........I also tried
installing FreeBDS's
install disk but it would also hang until I found out I had to disable
npx0....now if I could
only get the ruddy term program to work (seems a major point of contention with
newbies<grin>).
Thanks again for your response and will ttyl.........:-)
"It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring !"
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