On 31 May 1999, Aharon (Al) Schkolnik wrote:
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> Just downloaded ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/images/i386/boot.img, I
> copied it to a diskette (dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k), and
> tried to boot from it. The boot fails. I checked the MD5 checksums,
> and tried two different new diskettes and two different PCs. Always
> the same. Could someone try this on his/her machine, and let me know
> what happens. Just for you information, the boot attempt fails during
> the loading initrd.img phase:
>
>
>
> Welcome to RedHat Linux
>
>
>
> * to install ...
> * to enable ...
> * this disk can no longer ...
>
>
>
> [F1-main] [F2-General]
>
> boot:
>
> loading initrd.img ...................... Boot Failed
>
>
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Hi,
I can reproduce this problem consistently with the RedHat 5.1 boot image.
It depends on the PC. The problem occurs on an Intel board with a 486
DX100 processor. I suspect that the problem also occurs on older
machines or is connected with the chipset used. The exact same boot
diskette works fine with a new "Motherboard" Pentium machine purchased in
the last year. I suggest that you try the diskette on a really new of
genuine Taiwanese manufacture, not a DEC, Intel or IBM name brand machine.
Regards,
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