Hi, This is my first time on the debian lists and so please slap me in the appropriate manner if I'm posting in the incorrect forum.
I decided to install Debian recently on my Slackware box. I partitioned /dev/hdc to a linux partition at hdc1. I then grabbed the base2_2.tgz, drivers.tgz files (for idepci) and dropped them on /dev/hdc1. I saw nothing in the instructions about untarring them, and so I did not. I downloaded the rescue-1.bin image and wrote it to floppy(dd). I then inserted it into the floppy drive and rebooted. I get the Rescue Disk screen, with the option to pass arguements. When I do not pass arguements, I get a "Cannot open initial console. Try passing init = to kernel" error. When I pass linux root=/dev/hdc1, I receive the same. Thinking I had misunderstood something, I untarred the driver and base packages in /dev/hdc1. I rebooted and recieved an error saying that I was attempting to use an unconfigured system, and had to run the install program. I then tried passing linux root=/dev/hdc1 init=/install.sh This seemed to execute the install program, but it errored on "file already exists" for each step in its untar of base2_2.tgz. Decided I wasn't meant to untar, cleaned off /dev/hdc1. I then untarred only the driver package and left base2_2.tgz alone. Then I tried passing linux root=/dev/hdc1 init=/install.sh. This brought me back to "Cannot open initial console. Try passing...". At this point, I know I'm just doing something utterly stupid. I will be replacing my Slackware system with Debian if this ever works out for me. Would appreciate any help that could be offered. Again, if this posting is to the wrong group, please let me know. Regards, Liam Black