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Topic: A problem with 0.7.2 bootability?, Boot failed

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soinsg

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Posted: July 20 2004,20:07

I also have this problem. I set the bios to boot from CD, insert 0.7.2 and reboot. I tried 'dsl toram' and normal boot (hit enter), both get to

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loading vmlinuz.....

(or was it miniroot?), anyway after about a minute it bails and says something like

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boot failed: insert another disk

This was from a dvd drive. Putting the disc in the cd burner gives a message like

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this disc is not bootable

and continues to load windows.

The machine is about 6-7 years old and the bios won't let me set floppy drive before cdrom in the boot order. DSL 0.4.4 works fine but after 30 seconds of fiddling I couldn't mount my USB memory stick. BTW the gamma in 0.7.2 seems to be way higher than 0.4.4, the black background of the screen is 'glowing'. One more thing, I burnt 0.4.4 to CDR and 0.7.2 to CDRW, both work fine in my other computer which is only half a year old.

cbagger01

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Posted: July 21 2004,01:05

jlowell,

The only other option that I can think of is to search the forums for "loadlin" and see if you can use loadlin to boot DSL instead of the default bootloader. It will take some playing around, but it may work.

soinsg,

On my old computer, it will not accept CD-RW disks. It only accepts CD-R disks.
If a CD-R disk will not work, you can also try the loadlin method of booting.

You will need to be able to use a true DOS prompt (MSDOS, Win95, Win98), or you will need to create a DOS boot floppy.

To prevent the CD from booting, do not close the CD drive tray until after the computer has started to boot into DOS.

Good Luck.

jlowell

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Posted: July 21 2004,02:28

cbagger1,

I appreciate the loadlin idea. That one goes back in time a bit, eh?

I really feel disappointed that I can't get DSL to boot on my webserver. That machine has only the Gentoo basic packages installed + apache. Since the webserver is at some remove from the workstations here, it had been my thought to use DSL's browser resources - Dillo, gLinks-H - as a matter of personal convenience to reach the web rather than having to trudge to a workstation and reach it from there. The idea of adding X and associated programs to the webserver just to browse occasionally when its down just doesn't appeal as I'm sure you can understand. I'm hoping that the next version of DSL bases itself on KNOPPIX 3.4 ot 3.5. I think that, almost assuredly, will be our solution as I can boot the KNOPPIX 3.4 CD and the Feather CD which is based on 3.4. I've made an inquiry concerning the suspected timing of the next release of DSL. I've not gotten a reply.

Very best regards.

jlowell

len
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Posted: July 24 2004,14:44

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with a Promise ATA TX-2 100 Controller

since 0.6 controller card support isn't good. try 0.5.3.1- this should id the controller card, and boot up nicely. as dsl is based on knoppix, it's the same deal since 3.2.

how do i know this- i have my hdds on a promise tx2 100 controller card!

jlowell

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Posted: July 24 2004,15:03

Hi len,

You know, cbagger01 suggested earlier in the thread that I try 5.3.1 and I did. It didn't load either. At this point I feel my best hope is to wait until DSL is based upon KNOPPIX 3.4 or later for reasons outlined earlier in the thread also. I very much appreciate your intervention and the intention behind it. Thanks.

jlowell

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