On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 02:00:23PM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the right list, but I'm gonna try here (I'm also > subscribed to several other of the Debian lists, including debian-user, > so if this question belongs there, please excuse my faux pas). > > Currently I'm running RedHat 7.2 on my main machine. I want to install > Debian on a secondary machine (to possibly become a fulltime webserver). > Using the commdand: > > dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync > > Gives me a disk that I can boot the other machine with. At the boot > prompt, I hit enter and the boot sequence fails (I'm going to have to do > a network install as I don't have a CD-ROM for either machine). I retry, > using the same disk, and it prints "Loading....." at the top of the > screen, then it just starts pringtin a letter and some numbers (e.g. A > 3498), it does so with one combination per line for about 30 lines, then > restarts the machine. I have tried Debian before (on this machine, but > had problems with getting the Xwindows server up and running) and had no > problems with doing the install as I was able to make everything from > the ISO images to the install floppy here, but the other machine doesn't > even have a working OS on it atm (if any param's such as cpu, RAM, and > what not are needed, I'll gladly provide).
I think you need a different flavor. Did you try idepci? -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
