From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: 0.98 and 0.98pl1 won't boot; will 0.98pl2 help? Date: 20 Oct 1992 13:14:21 GMT
In article <1992Oct20.103029.3560@cs.tu-berlin.de> snake@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Schulze) writes:
>When I try to boot Linux 0.98 or 0.98pl1 I get :
>AX <number>
>BX <number>
>CX <number>
>DX<number>
>while the floppy is making lots of noise.
>
>This happens after "Loading..." when I have more than 80 '.' on the screen.
This wouldn't be on a 360kB floppy, would it? Linux won't boot from one,
so don't even try. Use a high-density (1.2M or 1.44M) floppy, and make
sure there are no errors on it: the initial loading sequence is a bit
picky about the floppy quality, and a bad floppy can also result in the
above error-messages. If you get those kinds on messages on a HD floppy,
try a new one, or at least reformat the floppy and re-rawrite linux to
it.
Linus