Matias Griese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 6 Feb 2002, Steve Fox wrote: > > But then it tries to load the kernel and I see: > > Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue. > > I've got this same message many times with Mdk 7.2, 8.0 and 8.1. > I tracked the problem to some floppy drives or/and controllers. > dd'ing the floppy in some other computer may help sometimes, but > not always. Also reformatting the floppy might help.
Yes this error is when syslinux doesn't read correctly data. In 99% of the times, fdformat'ing then dd'ing fixes the problem. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
