Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2700 mails)

[Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd <adamvaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rafe wrote:

> --- Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:29 -0700, Rafe wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > I did not know about the floppy= parameters -
> > >      
> > thanks
> >    
> >
> > > for pointing it out.  I still get the error:
> > >
> > > "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key
> > >      
> > to
> >    
> >
> > > continue."
> > >
> > > Pressing a key does nothing.  I goggled the
> > >      
> > floppy=
> >    
> >
> > > parameter and tried ALL the possible settings
> > >      
> > -same
> >    
> >
> > > error every time.  I even tried floppy=debug and
> > >      
> > got
> >    
> >
> > > nothing new.  I tried all the above with and
> > >      
> > without
> >    
> >
> > > quotes "". 
> > >
> > > I am going to buy a second new box of floppies. 
> > >      
> > The
> >    
> >
> > > Office Depot near me only sells their brand and I
> > >      
> > may
> >    
> >
> > > need better floppies.  Has anyone else had to
> > >      
> > switch
> >    
> >
> > > floppy brands to get this to work?  The floppies
> > >      
> > pass
> >    
> >
> > > verify on my linux box, but that does not mean
> > >      
> > they
> >    
> >
> > > are  prefect.  I seem to remember that the device
> > > drivers for floppies sometimes will try to read
> > > several times before giving up and maybe on the
> > >      
> > setup
> >    
> >
> > > disk every thing has to work the first time.
> > >
> > > Rafe
> > >
> > >      
> > Please don't top post.
> > How are you creating the floppies? If using linux dd
> > would be the
> > command and if using windows rawwrite would be used.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Schneider
> > UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
> >
> > "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't
> > suck is probably
> >  the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst
> > Jan Plugge
> >
> >    
> Sorry about the top posting.
>
> I am using linux to create the floppies:
>
> dd if=bootdisk1 of=/dev/fd0
>
> I am trying memorex floppies right now, but still no
> luck.
>
> Rafe
>
>
>
>  
It is time for you to hit the Web "linux laptops" on Google:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hs=H4p&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=linux+laptops&btnG=Search

There are several sites that focus on Sony Laptops.

Search for the answer on Google and I bet you will be able to get it to 
work.

Adam