On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 05:33:31PM -0500, scook wrote: > 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_)
I know - I usually find 1 out of 10 disks that actually works. Can you try installing from CD? My first attemp, many many moons ago was from DOS using Loadin. Much easier than floppies. - Adam