I'm trying to setup a P166 with woody via floppy since it won't boot from
CD.

I've booted it with a rescue.img diskette.  It will eventually ask for
another diskette while loading linux.bin

I thought the 2nd disk it was looking for was the root.img diskette.

Neither a root.img diskette nor a linux.bin diskette gets this machine to
continue to boot.

Is there a known problem with any of the disk images?

(Yes, I am using rawrite2 to create the diskette out of the images.)

Thanks.

=> Ed <=

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On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 03:02:52PM -0500, Drogo Bumbleroot wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a P166 with woody via floppy since it won't boot from
> CD.
> 
> I've booted it with a rescue.img diskette.  It will eventually ask for
> another diskette while loading linux.bin
> 
> I thought the 2nd disk it was looking for was the root.img diskette.
> 
> Neither a root.img diskette nor a linux.bin diskette gets this machine to
> continue to boot.
> 
> Is there a known problem with any of the disk images?
> 
> (Yes, I am using rawrite2 to create the diskette out of the images.)
> 
> Thanks.

rescue.bin followed by root.bin works for me. Maybe you have a dodgy
floppy?

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On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 03:02:52PM -0500, Drogo Bumbleroot wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a P166 with woody via floppy since it won't boot=20
> from CD.
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> I've booted it with a rescue.img diskette.  It will eventually ask for =

> another diskette while loading linux.bin
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> I thought the 2nd disk it was looking for was the root.img diskette.
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> Neither a root.img diskette nor a linux.bin diskette gets this machine =

> to continue to boot.
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> Is there a known problem with any of the disk images?
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> (Yes, I am using rawrite2 to create the diskette out of the images.)
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> Thanks.

From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk]=20
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:10 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Woody diskette install

rescue.bin followed by root.bin works for me. Maybe you have a dodgy =
floppy?

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Quite possible.  I'll try again on Monday.  The machine is at work.

Thanks.

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On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 09:46:52PM -0500, Drogo Bumbleroot wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 03:02:52PM -0500, Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: 
> 
> From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Woody diskette install
> 
> rescue.bin followed by root.bin works for me. Maybe you have a dodgy flopp
y?
> 
> -- 
> Pigeon
> 
> Be kind to pigeons
> Get my GPG key here:
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup...arch=0x21C61F7F
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quite possible.  I'll try again on Monday.  The machine is at work.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

> ---
Hi Drogo,
In my experiece, a floppy is assumed to be 'doggy' unless I can verify
it. I use md5sum on the floppy until it matches the expected number.
This is what I did for my boot floppies.
-Kev

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> On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 03:02:52PM -0500, Drogo Bumbleroot wrote: 
> won't boot 
> eventually ask for 
> this machine 

> From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Woody diskette install
> 
> rescue.bin followed by root.bin works for me. Maybe you have
> a dodgy floppy?
>
> --
> Pigeon
>
> Be kind to pigeons
> Get my GPG key here:
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup...arch=0x21C61F7F



It was my rescue floppy that wasn't good...  The machine is up and running
now.

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