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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: June 24, 2004 from debian.uchicago.edu
uname -a: NA
Date: Aug 13, 2004 on.
Method: Network floppy install.
Machine: IBM PS/2 35SX
Processor: 386SX-20
Memory: 16MB
Root Device: IDE 2.1GB
Root Size/partition table: NA
Output of lspci and lspci -n: NA
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Boot floppy loads and processes fine. Get to prompt asking for the root floppy. Insert root floppy and receive the following message:
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
Cannot find root floppy; /dev/floppy/0: cannot mount
Disks work fine in other machines.
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R. Seiji
www.24x7systems.net
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Package: installation-reports</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Debian-installer-version:
June 24, 2004 from debian.uchicago.edu</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>uname -a: NA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Date: Aug 13, 2004 on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Method: Network floppy install.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Machine: IBM PS/2 35SX</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Processor: 386SX-20</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Memory: 16MB</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Root Device: IDE 2.1GB</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Root Size/partition table: NA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Output of lspci and lspci -n: NA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Base System Installation Checklist:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Initial boot worked: [E]</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Configure network HW: [ ]</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Config network: [ ]</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Detect CD:
[ ]</span></font></p>
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