On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm experiencing problems installing Debian1.3 from scratch. > I followed the Debian1.3 installation guide and opted to > install with floppy disks. > > Everything went swiftly untill I reached the point : > Make a Boot floppy > After introducing an empty, formatted, write-enabled floppy > and hitting enter I get the following messages: > > Formatting the floppy... > Verifying track 0, head 0 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > Verifying track 0, head 1 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 32 > Verifying track 0, head 0 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > Verifying track 0, head 1 end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 17 > end-request:I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 32 > > After which the installation stops. (does not hang, goes back to menu) > > I tried different floppies, ... , in vain. > Has it got anything to do with the way I configured the device drivers > (nothing installed explicitly) or might it be a hardware problem ? > > I installed it together with an existing MS-DOS using fips to free space > for my Linux partitions. > > Any help for this Linux newbie highly appreciated !! :) > > Thanks a lot, --Erwin > The way I installed Debian was from MS-DOS, I used rawrite2.exe(available on ftp.debian.org) to copy the different images that I downloaded earlier t, to disk. Then I booted off of my disk and the insdtallation began. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
