It is quite likely your disk really is bad. Will it format in DOS? Bad disks actually seem to be more common than you might think. Could also be a disk drive problem.
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 > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
