From: ernst@isis.klab.caltech.edu (Ernst Niebur) Subject: Re: Bootdisk made by SLS install hangs during boot Date: 7 Oct 1993 22:38:20 GMT
In article <FRANK.93Oct5211343@manua.gsfc.nasa.gov> frank@manua.gsfc.nasa.gov (Frank Chen) writes:
>Same thing happened to me on a Laptop 386SX.
>....
Hm, I was convinced that I made a stupid beginner's mistake, but maybe
for once it is NOT me.
My boot disk made by SLS does not work, either. I just installed the
last version of SLS ("0.99.12 #6 from August 10") and my boot floppy
(made at the end of the installation menu) stops right after saying
"Press <Return> to see SVGA modes available, <SPACE> to continue or
wait 30 secs
I waited for a LONG time (several minutes) but nothing happened.
I also tried to make a boot disk by the method described in the
"Installation Guide" book (great book, btw!), but this did not work,
either. For the record, I did the following (being root in /):
rdev zImage /dev/hda2 # ( I have a zImage in / )
mke2fs /dev/fd0 1440
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy # I created a directory /floppy previously,
cp /zImage /dev/fd0 # although it does not seem to be used here
unmount /dev/fd0
This stopped with
Uncompressing Linux...
invalid compressed format
-- System halted
I can boot the system by using the a1.3 disk, then booting in LILO
from /dev/hda2.
Can anybody tell me how I can make a floppy on which I can boot?
Thanks a lot!
--Ernst
-- Ernst Niebur Phone (818)395 2880 Computation and Neural Systems Fax (818)796 8876 Caltech 139-74 ernst@caltech.edu Pasadena, CA 91125, USA ernst@caltech.bitnet