Subject: Bug#4019: Decompression failure on Install Boot Disk

From: "Christopher R. Hertel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 14:51:46 -0500

Package: Boot1440.bin
Version: Debian 1.1

I have been unable to boot from the boot1440.bin image.  I have tried
the
following:

- downloaded the image from a variety of sources.
- used several different floppies
- erased (using dd if=/dev/zero ...) the floppies before writing the   
  image to them.
- formatted the floppies using a variety of tools

When I attempt to boot, I get the following:

 invalid compressed format (err=2)

Then it tells me that the system is halted.

I've tried entering boot options (such as 'linux ether=10,0x320,eth0').
When I do this, I get a slightly different error message:

 incomplete literal tree

Where do I go from here?

Chris Hertel -)-----
[email-masked]
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Christopher R. Hertel -)-----                   University of Minnesota
[email-masked]              Networking and Telecommunications Services

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From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 22:18:39 -0400

Hi Chris --
I don't know if you have gotten Linux booted yet.  If you haven't,
please let me know.  I'll be happy to make a boot disk for you and
mail it to you by real, old-fashioned physical US Mail.  Just let
me know what kernel you need to have on it, or if you need a special
one.
Cheers,
Susan Kleinmann
[email-masked]