On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:39:39AM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 10:55:55PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > However, it is impossible to install from either a pre-mounted or instmnt > > partition. An error comes up as soon as the installation folder has been > > selected, stating: Cannot read /floppy/image.txt: Invalid argument. > > Are you sure it doesn't say the following: > > Cannot read /floppy/image.txt: Invalid argument > > I can't find image.txt anywhere in the boot-floppies sources.
I noticed image.txt wasn't in the list of files I copied, I must have copied the message wrong. I'll check it again. > > When the OK button is pressed on this dialog, another with the same message > > replaces it, at least 20 times. The only way out is to pull the plug, I think. > > I've fixed this in CVS. > > > I checked the /floppy mount in vc 2, it looked ordinary. mount shows > > /dev/loop0 is mounted on /floppy, type ext2 (ro). > > > > ls -l /floppy gives > > (abbreviated, and the permissions look appropriate): > > > > 4467 config.gz > > 1123 debian.txt > > 1527 install.sh > > 1261262 linux.gz > > 12288 lost+found > > 881 readme.txt > > 126757 sys_map.gz > > 7 type.txt > > > > When I tried cat /floppy/debian.txt or cat /floppy/type.txt, I got > > cat: read: input/output error > > so it could list the files but couldn't read them. I was getting these > > type errors in vc3 also. > > I've no idea what the problem is here. Does it show up on the > installed system, or just in the boot-floppies? Does it work with > BusyBox mount, or only util-linux mount? Only the boot-floppies, AFAIK. This must be Busybox, I'm selecting the Install Kernel and Modules menu item and it shows up after the path has been selected. I wasn't using mount to mount it, just to check the state of mounted volumes (no arguments). -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
