I kept trying, changing to idepci flavor and using different diskettes, and finally got one to format without errors. Now I am just using lilo on hda and when I give up I dd if/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 (from page 137 of _Running Linux_)
My big problem now is hard disk errors that kick me out of booting and tell me to remount rw and run e2fsck but I figure I should work on that awhile before I ask for help. Thanks Adam Majer wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 06:32:04AM -0500, Sam Cook wrote: > > I am a new user trying to install vanilla potato from an existing dos > > partition. Everything seems to go okay until I try to create a boot > > disk. > > I get errors with the format of the floppy (invariably). Dos system has > > no problems with the drive or media. Any suggestions? > > Try other disks? Skip making a boot floppy? I never actaully made a boot > floppy myself... > > - Adam -- Sam Cook Computer Center CPO# 2410 The University of North Carolina at Asheville One University Heights Asheville, NC 28804 828 232 5035
