Jim Skea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've a problem with the base system install of potato (original) > > The computer is an AMD K6-2-350 on an ASUS P5A-B with a WD 10Gb IDE, > S3 Trio 3D/SX video and a 3Com 905B network card. The HD already has > potato installed, but the enduser wants a second operating system :-( > so I want to reinstall potato. > > I'm using the idepci rescue & root floppies from > kernel-image-2.2.17-idepci_2.2.17pre6-1 > > The rescue floppy reads fine, and the root disk seems to load OK too. > > Up come the Release Notes beginning > > This is the Debian Rescue floppy, version 2.2.16 That's a pretty old version. > I hit Enter to continue, the screen blinks a few times and returns to > the Release Notes page. If I try hitting Return a few times, *occasionally* > the message > > trying to determine the state of my system > > appears very briefly on the screen, before inevitably returning to the > Release Notes. > > Has anyone else reported this behaviour? Do I have to pass any special > arguments to the boot procedure for a reinstall? Hmm. The only thing I can think is that dbootstrap was segfaulting, probably on entry to main_menu() or somewhere in there. Is there any system logs? Is the RAM on that box ok? -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
