Re: [SLE] Fwd: [SLE] Booting with Floppy ~ including the SuSE Original Distro Boot Disk

From: muzh Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:51:07 +1300 Message-Id: <00121614510700.00643@cll> Subject: Re: [SLE] Fwd: [SLE] Booting with Floppy ~ including the SuSE Original Distro Boot Disk Boot from the copy you made of the bootdisk. If you don't have a copy, boot into your linux somehow and dd an appropriate bootdisk from your cdrom to a blank floppy ( I think the disk images are in the /disks directory on the cdrom). Floppy disks, like any other media, can degrade over time -- If you can't get into linux but can get into DOS (puke!) then you can use the rawrite.exe utility to do the same thing. Hope this helps -- On Saturday 16 December 2000 07:34, tabanna wrote:

This happened, suddenly.

My SuSE official distro Boot Disk used to work flawlessly.

Suddenly, it will not boot %#$@

any ideas ? . . . I have tried re-setting BIOS defaults, but still have this problem :(

thanks

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [SLE] Booting with Floppy Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:19:45 +0000 From: tabanna

Hi, SuSErs :)

~ Am having a problem, booting from /dev/fd0 _____________________________________________________

After my BIOS message reports: 'Verifying DMI Pool Data . . . . ' "Boot failed" appears, and the system hangs :(

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My floppy drive is able to Boot DOS Disks OK , but I get "Boot failed" , from ALL my Linux Boot Disks

with, ONE exception : 'Tom's Killer Boot Disk' DOES Boot OK ... . . Good 'ole Tom ! .................................

Any ideas, please, what may be the mysterious cause ... . . did 3 of my Linux Boot Disks, ALL, get hit my a Cosmic Ray $#@% {{{ LILO works OK }

thanks

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