Hi Len: Don't know if what happened to me applies to you as I used the harddrive method in my recent install, but when I got to the point where I needed to show where the files were on the harddrive I could not get automount to see it. I did a soft reboot and it then saw them. HTH Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Cheatham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: Major problems booting Debian 2.2 - Nothing works
> I cannot get Debian 2.2 to boot up. I tried the following 2 methods, to no avail: > ATTEMPT #1: > After downloading the CD from the Debian site, I burned a CD for Disk #1 and placed that in the CD drive. I booted the computer, and after going through all the install screens, Debian said that it couldn't find the path to my archives. I double-checked the path to the "rescue.bin" file, and it was entered correctly. I could not get past these screens. Two other people here at work tried it, too, with no success. > ATTEMPT #2: > I issued the following commands in an attempt to make a Rescue Diskette and a Root Diskette. > mount /mnt/floppy > cd /mnt/cdrom/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.20.0.1-2000-12-03/images-1.44 > dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 > I issued the following command to make sure that the file copied correctly: > cmp /dev/fd0 rescue.bin > I tried to boot from this floppy, but the computerjust sat there, with a blank screen and a prompt, doing nothing. No lights were blinking, indicating no activity on the hard drive or the diskette drive. > The BIOS is set to boot in the following order: > 1) diskette > 2) CD-ROM > 3) Hard drive > What can I do to get Debian to boot on my system? > Len Cheatham > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
