2.2r3 install: "Make boot floppy failed"

Hi all, This is my first exposure to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for about a year. I got Debian 2.2r3 "Espy" through CheapBytes.com and the install goes fine until I try "Make Boot Floppy" screen. Then it formats the disk and gives the error message "Make Boot Floppy Failed..."

Re: "Make boot floppy failed"

Are there certain details I need to give to get a reply? I looked for the dbootstrap package at debian.org, but I guess it isn't one, even though the message on a virtual console is "dbootstrap: Make boot floppy failed..." Brian --- bri r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wr

Re: "Make boot floppy failed"

I re-ran the install to get the messages in the v.console 2: user.info dbootstrap[136]: write_boot_floppy: found floppy of size 1440 user.info dbootstrap[136]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/target/lib: /target/usr/lib"; /target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0/ hd' use

latest potato boot-floppy fails

I used the idepci version of the latest boot-floppy for potato. The install.bat script under DOS is pretty easy--thank-you. However, it failed at the same spot I had a problem before, (search for "Make boot floppy failed"). It gives the same error messages and behavior. Is there another way

Re: latest potato boot-floppy fails

I tried your suggestion, David. I.e., rescue root=/dev/hda2 (hda2 is where my linux root partition lies). I get a screenful of: "kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-, errno = 8" without quotes of course. Brian --- David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >I don't