Thanks for your reply. However I tried 3 different floppies, all without success - none of them has bad sectors either. I really don't think this is a floppy problem.
Alex. > I have never seen this particular behavior before. However, strange > problems during installation from floppys is often attributable to > corupt floppys. The rawwrite or dd process usually used to make installation > floppys from downloaded images does not tolerate bad media very well. > > I suggest remaking your rescue disk on a different floppy. But first, check > the floppy for bad sectors by formatting it under dos or whatever, or any > other method you find convienient. Even better, use a new floppy, if you > have one handy, checking it for bad sectors first. > > Hope this helps > > Mike