Re: [SLE] Trouble installing SUSE 9.3

From: Rafe (rafe00_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 07/04/05

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    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

    --- Cristian Rodriguez <judas.iscariote@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    > 2005/7/3, Rafe <rafe00@ameritech.net>:
    > >
    > > Help
    > >
    > > I am trying to install SUSE 9.3 to a ibm thinkpad
    > > transnote. This laptop has a usb floppy which it
    > can
    > > boot from and a usb cdrom which it cannot boot
    > from.
    > >
    >
    > pass the "floppy=thinkpad" parameter in the boot
    > prompt.
    >
    > --
    > Cristian Rodriguez.
    > "for DVDs in Linux screw the MPAA and ; do dig
    > $DVDs.z.zoy.org ; done | \
    > perl -ne 's/\.//g; print pack("H224",$1)
    > if(/^x([^z]*)/)' | gunzip"
    > 

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