On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:04:52AM -0400, Hong Hsu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install Linux server with minimum packages. Because I have
> old cdrom (6 year old) drive which can not be set up in
> the BIOS for visiting before hard drive, I tried to use boot floppy to
> start first. However, every time boot from boot floppy the message
> show:
> ...
> running install...
> running /sbin/loader
> install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
could this mean not enough physical RAM ? try switching consoles(if any) for kernel messages ('dmesg' command)
> ...
> Does anyone has clue what is going on?
>
> I also tried several options:
> boot: linux sda=cdrom lowres
> boot: linux sda=/dev/cdrom lowres
> boot: linux rescue
> boot: linux lowres noprobe
>
> none of them works. Is there any way to work around? Thanks,
> -Hong
>
I don't know what distribution you are using.. maybe you should try boot/root
floppy from some other distro. Most distributions have their own set of
floppies.
Also note that you might have problems with 8MB RAM or less..
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Boris B.
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