Re: md0: preloaded image - system hang

2005-07-19 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Travis McChesney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I am trying to install 5.4-Release on a fairly old (still meets
 requirements) Compaq Presario.
 Using Disc 1, the system seems to boot up fine until it reaches the line:
 
 md0: Preloaded image /boot/msfroot x bytes at xx.
 
 The system then hangs with the floppy drive light on (making no noise).
 
 Not sure if there is anything I can change about my system to get it
 to boot and install, but I thought I'd see if anyone has come across
 this.

Did you try another floppy?  
Bad media is a common cause of symptoms like this.
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md0: preloaded image - system hang

2005-07-18 Thread Travis McChesney
I am trying to install 5.4-Release on a fairly old (still meets 
requirements) Compaq Presario.

Using Disc 1, the system seems to boot up fine until it reaches the line:

md0: Preloaded image /boot/msfroot x bytes at xx.

The system then hangs with the floppy drive light on (making no noise).

Not sure if there is anything I can change about my system to get it to boot 
and install, but I thought I'd see if anyone has come across this.


Thanks.


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