It sounds to me like a problem with your machine. DOS and Windoz are
NOT as verbose as Linux (or Unix) so it may even be possible that such
errors occur and are not reported. I don't know about any of the
'standard stuff' but most of the third party diagnostic software would
report such problems.
I presume that you have tried more than just one set of installation
disks but if not then it is a possibility that one of your installation
diskettes is 'blessed' with a strange error.
It is also possible that your IDE interface is a bit marginal and that
the Linux driver code 'hits' it a bit faster than DOS or Windoz and it
can't handle the slight difference.
It would really be useful (I think) if someone else could try your disks
on another machine (esp. same make and model). This would not be
terribly difficult since actually doing the installation is not
necessary.
Brian White wrote:
>
> ( This was originally a bug report. I'm forwarding it to debian-user. )
>
> Package: Debian Installation
> Version: 1.3
>
> When I try to install Debian GNU/Linux to my machine, every time Debian
> tries to write to my hard drive, I get an error. For example, when I am
> following the installation program, and I try to partition a hard disk,
> before I even get into the cfdisk program (after selecting which drive to
> partition), I get the following error:
>
> hda: read_intr: status=0X59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }
> error=0X10 { SectorIdNotFound } CHS
> 0/0/53 , sector 52
>
> And then after repeating that same message about six or seven times, it
> says this:
>
> ide0: reset: success
>
> and then I get the first error six or seven more times, and then the
> partitioning program launches. Now, I can continue with the installation
> (partition my disk, etc), but whenever it tried to load files from the
> floppies to my hard drive, it gives me that first error again. I even
> got so far as to loading the fifth base disk, but then I get a "kernel
> panic" message and it completely shut down. Is this a program error or
> something wrong with my machine? I'm running a Compaq Deskpro 486/25 22
> megs RAM and a 650 meg hard drive. I can run DOS 6.2 and Windows and any
> other DOS-supported program fine and I've never experienced a similar
> error before.
>
> I am using Debian 1.3, kernel version 2.0.29
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