I have had similar problems, but for me I found that it seemed to be more of a (believe it or not) issue with the kind/brand diskette I use, I guess all floppies are NOT created equal :) Have u tried a different brand? A different brand that's brand new? What syntax are you using to format the diskettes?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Newmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "T Burt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Leaf User Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Boot problems with Supersize (1680) floppy > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, T Burt wrote: > > > Has anyone had difficulties booting the Supersize floppy? > > Yes. Others have had much success with them. > > I have had good success with 1680. It squeezes more sectors on each > track, while some other formats (e.g. 1722) add additional tracks > (cylinders) to the floppy. Adding tracks doesn't seem to be as reliable > as adding sectors. > > > I have one machine that stops booting at the "Loading" prompt. The floppy > > is good, cause it works on other machines. > > This is helpful to know. > > > Any guesses if this would be a Syslinux problem? Or initrd? > > Syslinux. > > > Does anyone know of an URL or reference that might provide some insight > > into compatibility issues of the 1680 format? > > http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php > > Try re-syslinuxing the disk with the "-s" option. > > > Could it be a bios issue? > > Yes. > > > Or an older floppy drive? > > Unlikely, though if the drive is dead you have problems anyway. > > > The problem box is > > an old Digital slim profile Pentium 100 mhz with 64 MB. My source has a > > truckload of them. They are perfect for use as a router... If only it > > would boot! > > I must have missed where you said which image you were using or how you > had created it. Some versions of syslinux have had more compatibility > problems than others, and some images have incorporated less-compatible > versions of the syslinux boot code. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
