On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Mike Alterman <mikea...@ieee.org> wrote: > I installed Linux on a 2nd drive. This box is currently running win2K. > Downloaded the 1st dvd image file and created boot and root floppies.
Question: can't your PC boot DVDs? That's why you need to create B&R floppies? > > The boot floppy proved to be defective - image. Downloaded the boot image > from > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/ > created the boot floppy again - it worked. > > Moved on to the root floppy - created from root.img on dvd - didn't work. > Downloaded from the path listed above. and used rawrite.exe to create the > floppy. > > During execution, there were numerous data CRC errors and the overall boot > process failed. That normally happens when the floppy is defective or too old. If you have a spare one, try creating the root floppy again. If you don't, try perform a low-level format of the floppy. Sometimes that fixes them. HTH D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org