In the instructions there is a possible explaination. Unless those disks are flawless it will lock just as you have described. It's happened to me. Sometimes you have to go through a few disks before you find a good one. This is because DOS is more forgiving of flaws in a floppy.
On 9 May 1997, Jim Meyering wrote: > I am trying to install Debian/GNU/Linux 1.2 from floppy disks on > a Thinkpad w/pentium. > I have made the 6 disks as described in > > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/install.html > > I inserted rescue diskette and power cycled. > I read through the on-line instructions and typed > > linux floppy=thinkpad > > and hit Enter. > > Then I got the loading root.bin..., then loading linux...... > messages, but nothing more. It just hung -- I waited at > least 15 minutes before giving up. > > Have I missed something obvious? > > Thanks for any help, > Jim > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
