On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Bruce Edelsten wrote:
> AlphaStaion 533 with AlphaBIOS 5.62-1
> System Alpha PC164SX
> 21164PC 533MHz, 128MB RAM, Adaptec 2940 U/W SCSI CTRL
> Quantum 4GB SCSI disk, Toshiba SCSI CDROM
>
Gimmie! 's not fair. I want one :(
> I swap in the \images\ramdisk.img disk and press Return. The floppy disk
> lights up and nothing happens.
>
> If I take the disk out I get the message...
>
> floppy 0 removed during I/O
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find a valid ramdisk image starting at 0
>
How long did you leave it before you took the floppy out? Copying the
ramdisk image will take a while, and I don't know if there's any sort of
progress indicator or not. The fact that it spewed errors when you took
the floppy out suggests that iw was in fact reading it.
The only other possibility I can think of is if the ram disk image is
corrupt - try another floppy and see if this makes any difference.
HTH
--
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
-- Carl Sandburg
