I'm having trouble installing Debian 2.2 on a i386 with an IDE CD-ROM. I'm installing from the CD, but Setup complains that it can't find the rescue floppy.
I boot from the CD and start Setup without problem. I can partition my HD without problem. The problems begin during the "Install Operating System Kernel and Modules'' step. I choose to install from the CD-ROM and Setup asks me for the path to the "Debian archive". The default is /instmnt, where Setup automatically mounted the CD. I verified that the CD is correctly mounted from another virtual console while Setup is running. Setup asks me for the path to the images-1.44/rescue.bin. I choose the default, which seems to find the file at /instmnt/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin. Then Setup pops up an error message saying that it is unable to mount the rescue floppy. At this point, Setup is hosed. I cannot continue because Setup insists on finding a rescue floppy that does not exist. Why is Setup trying to find a rescue floppy on /dev/fd0 when I told it to install from the mounted CD-ROM? How can I get around this broken Setup step and install the operating system and kernel modules? thanks for your help! chris
