Boris,
Thanks. I couldn't issue #dmesg command as there is only one console. I also tried boot: linux mem=32M as
the machine has 32 MB memory. That didn't work either. I think the boot floppy didn't even reach that point to
process boot options because of failure on /sbin/loader. The boot floppy was created from redhat 7.3 distro.
This is really frustration,
-Hong
Boris Bezlaj wrote:
> 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..
>
> --
> With best regards,
>
> Boris B.
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