2005/9/16, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is proving to be one of my most challenging installations yet. I > just recently became the owner of an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 425CDT > laptop (Pentium 100, 800MB hard drive, 24MB RAM which will eventually > get upgraded to its maximum 40MB, CD-ROM drive, external floppy drive.) > > Anyway, I currently have Windows 98SE working fine on it. However, I > want to make it full 100% Debian (etch which would be upgraded to sid). > The CD ROM drive is not bootable, so I made a set of net install > floppies. After booting up with the boot floppy, I am asked for the > root floppy. I put it in the drive and it starts to load. After a > while, it quits with this set of messages... > > Setting up filesystem... > mount: Could not find a spare loop device > cp: /initrd/*: No such file or directory > failed copying filesystem (may be out of space on ram disk) > Giving up! >
Eventually try the boot disk for the woody, then upgrade to what you want. -- Pooly Webzine Rock : http://www.w-fenec.org/
