Re: Invalid Compression Format

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From: Graham Chapman
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <4lk6np$fbc@news.xmission.com>,
   wolfe@xmission.com (Steve Wolfe) wrote:
>Have been trying to create a boot disk for Linux Slackware. Have tried
>several Image files. When using RAWRITE the disk is created just fine,
>but when booting I get the LOLA and then go on to the   boot:
>prompt.
>After pressing enter, I get an error of   Invalid Compression Format
>when starting Linux. System Halted....   What am I missing? Anyhelp
>here for a WannaBe Linux user would be appreciated.
>
>TIA  wolfe.....
>

At this point Linux is expecting a compressed root filesystem. You need to 
copy one of the compressed root disks to floppy without decompressing it, and 
switch from boot to root when Linux tells you.

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Graham Chapman
grahamc@zeta.org.au
http://www.zeta.org.au/~grahamc/

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