Re: BootDisk

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From: David Lerner
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00

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In article <41v3md$sqi@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
sanjay@windvane.umd.edu (Sanjay K) wrote:
>    I have the slackware on CD and used to create a bootable floppy (using
>    rawrite, ofcourse). Initially, the floppy drive access light went up.
>    It went off after a brief time (~20 sec). After the system simply hangs.
> 
>    Anybody has a clue?

Several posibilities:

Bad floppy disk with read errors. You should be able to duplicate a good
disk with DOS's DISKCOPY.

Using 1.2 Mb boot image with a 1.44 Mb disk or visa versa.

Hardware that is not compatible with Linux.

Try your boot disk on a friend's machine. You can exit from the installation
without writing anything to the hard disk.

Dave

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