I've got Debian 2.0 on a Sat. Pro 460CDX, and I remember having a similar problem. If I recall correctly, I didn't need the tecra images; I think my recipe for success was using the source CD to boot the install, then the binary CD to install base and everything else (from dselect?), making sure no more images were installed (something wrong with the images in the binary CD?). The image in my rescue floppy is the one in the source CD, I guess, and it works fine.
This was a long time ago (2.0!), so might not be terribly accurate. Hope it helps, though. Nuno On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Michael Haarman wrote: > I just installed Debian 2.1r2, 2.0.36 kernel on a Toshiba Satellite > Pro 440CDX. I figured out I needed the "tecra" images, everything goes > like butter, installing from CD's. I built a custom boot disk after > install and prior to rebooting the first time; just in case, I intend > to build a custom kernel. > > On reboot, the POST happens, LILO (there is no Windows here, thank you) > and the Loading Linux . . . . . . . . . . . > > And the machine insists upon re-running the BIOS. It goes on like > this. Booting with the floppy I created does the same thing. I > scanned the digests here and saw nothing comparable; I've conned every > Toshiba Satellite related install brief I could find on the web. I > would reinstall but I'm not sure what I would/could do differently. > > Ideas anyone? Boot params?