On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 04:50:47PM -0500, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using Debian 1.3 on my Tosh. T1960CS notebook for over a > year and decided to reinstall Debian 2.1 on it. However when I boot off > the rescue disk (all permutations of rescue disks, dd'd off multiple > machines onto multiple disks to attempt to rule out the bad disk/bad drive > phenomena) I get a simple: "Boot Failed". > > I've seen a similar message on this list's archives, but the difference is > Debian 1.3 does work for me. I can dump the 1.3 rescue image and install > it with no problems. > > Is there a fix for this? Is there any way I can roll my own rescue disk, > or even just modify a 1.3 rescue disk to install 2.1? > > 2.0 gives the same problem. > > Thanks for your help, and advice! >
Have you tried $ syslinux -s /dev/fd0, or the same with a: instead of the /dev/fd0 from dos? The -s option, if given, will install a "safe, slow and stupid" version of SYSLINUX. That is of course after you make the rescue diskette. HTH... DaveW -- D. W. Wieboldt -- Product Support Engineer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
