My disk controller seems to be wanting to be "reset", but the Debian install boot doesn't do this. As a consequence, it just keeps repeating hda: hda: Status error: status=0x01 { Error } hda: Status error: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } hda: Drive not ready for command.
The Slackware install boot on the other hand, does the following. hda: hda: Status error: status=0x01 { Error } hda: Status error: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } hda: Drive not ready for command. [.. this error msg is repeated thrice.. ] ide0: reset success hda1 hda2 hda3 VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into ramdisk and press ENTER. I guess no Debian for me for now. -bhaskar