Hi list, hi Marc since a while I follow this thread because I have an old SS20 with 128 MB running. The installation (woody) went well with no problems. I used an old external SCSI-CDROM-Drive (with Caddy). Later on I tried to install a second SS20 with the same set of CD's and I got also the same error as you did. First I thought the CD-Drive would be the problem (a newer one). I used the same old one as on the other SS20. But the problem was still there. Later I managed to install the SS20 with boot floppies.
The Boot-PROM version of both SS20's is exactly the same! The only difference is, that in the first installed SS20 I have 128 MB and one the later one only 118 MB (I don't even know if this is possible). I didn't open the machines to check, I just believe what the system tells me. So it looks like this is a confirmation of your theorie. Your error is reproducible. If your solution is reproducible I don't know, because I finished the installation with floppies. Dietmar (Debian newbie) Am Montag, 16. Dezember 2002 04:24 schrieb Marc Horowitz: > I got my ss20 to boot the install cdrom! > > I had 4x32mb memory modules in the machine. On a lark, I pulled two > of them out, hoping to affect the memory allocation algorithm, and it > worked. > > If anybody else out there has an ss20 they've been unable to boot off > cdrom, try pulling memory until it's got only 64mb, or perhaps > anywhere than 128mb. I'm curious if my solution is reproducible. > > There's still a bug here, but this is a sufficient workaround for me. > When I'm done installing, I'll put the memory back in. > > Marc
