[BL] floppy boot problem

[mrmycorn]

When I try to boot floppy Disk1, it only goes so far, the everything
freezes.  This is the last line of text that appears while booting
Disk1:

ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14

A blinking cursor appears beneath this line, but no input from the
keyboard registers.

I am really hopeful that Basic Linux can be made to work, as it is my
old pc's last chance at being useful!

Thanks!
-Mike

[sindi keesan]

Does this floppy disk work on some other computer? They go bad with age.
Try a freshly formatted floppy disk for the install.

Do you know the hard drive is still good?
Can you easily remove it and try booting without it?

What model computer? I have run BL1 on a 386 with 3MB RAM, slowly.

Today I am trying to put BL3 loop on a 1997 133MHz HP Omnibook upgraded to
64MB RAM and 3GB hard drive. No USB, no CD boot. Floppy boot works. I
plan to copy files over the network via PCMCIA network card.

Another option is Puppy Linux if you can find a way to get it on there.
Can you boot from CD?

When I try to boot floppy Disk1, it only goes so far, the everything freezes.
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
A blinking cursor appears beneath this line, but no input from the keyboard
registers.
I am really hopeful that Basic Linux can be made to work, as it is my old
pc's last chance at being useful!
Thanks!
-Mike

Sindi Keesan

[l***@dea.spamcon.org]

Post by mrmycorn
When I try to boot floppy Disk1, it only goes so
far, the everything freezes.  This is the last
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14

The Linux kernal has found your HD. But does your
HD have any recognizable partitions? The kernel
that boots BasicLinux only recognizes Linux, DOS
and vfat partitions.

Post by mrmycorn
A blinking cursor appears beneath this line, but
no input from the keyboard registers.

Does your computer have any USB peripherals? (eg keyboard).
The kernel that boots BasicLinux does not recognize usb.

Cheers,
Steven