Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work
Hi Tom, On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Tom wrote: Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 now with the exact same results and error message. I start with the compact rescue disk, the system comes toa a prompt boot: I press enter, the system continues and then asks for the root disk. I insert the floppy that I made with the compact root.bin file and press enter the system then responds with end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy) sector 0 VFS: can not open root device 02:00 This message is consistent and I have already tried remaking the floppies on other new floppy disks, I have tried boot params of root=/dev/fd0 or floppy0 and always I have the same error message. After two days of fighting with this I would appreciate any help Thanks Have you read the install docs (specifically section 5.7)?? It describes the process for installation on low memory systems. You need to boot from a lowmem.bin boot disk image. Detailed instructions at: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-low-mem-disk It works, but 4MB ram makes for an almost painfully slow system. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work
This may not be related to you immediate problem but I would suspect your PS/2 has a mca microbus, if I remember correctly. If that is the case you can't use a stock Slink. There are people who have put together a kernel and installation disks for machines with mca. It has been so long I don't remember where to get them. I just did a search on the web and found them. It was not an easy install. hth, kent Tom wrote: Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 now with the exact same results and error message. I start with the compact rescue disk, the system comes toa a prompt boot: I press enter, the system continues and then asks for the root disk. I insert the floppy that I made with the compact root.bin file and press enter the system then responds with end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy) sector 0 VFS: can not open root device 02:00 This message is consistent and I have already tried remaking the floppies on other new floppy disks, I have tried boot params of root=/dev/fd0 or floppy0 and always I have the same error message. After two days of fighting with this I would appreciate any help Thanks -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work
I just found this link which looks like it might get you somewhere -- http://linux.miningco.com/compute/linux/library/weekly/aa040698.htm good luck, kent ktb wrote: This may not be related to you immediate problem but I would suspect your PS/2 has a mca microbus, if I remember correctly. If that is the case you can't use a stock Slink. There are people who have put together a kernel and installation disks for machines with mca. It has been so long I don't remember where to get them. I just did a search on the web and found them. It was not an easy install. hth, kent
Can not get a floppy only install to work
Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 now with the exact same results and error message. I start with the compact rescue disk, the system comes toa a prompt boot: I press enter, the system continues and then asks for the root disk. I insert the floppy that I made with the compact root.bin file and press enter the system then responds with end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy) sector 0 VFS: can not open root device 02:00 This message is consistent and I have already tried remaking the floppies on other new floppy disks, I have tried boot params of root=/dev/fd0 or floppy0 and always I have the same error message. After two days of fighting with this I would appreciate any help Thanks
