Re: "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"
Gary Young wrote:
>
> In attempting to install Debian 2.1 from resc1440
> floppy onto an HP intel box with SCSI disks that
> had run Windows-NT, I get the error:
> "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"
> and the boot stops.
>
> Apparently the computer had a compressed C: drive or
> partition when it had windows-NT as the operating
> system.
>
> (I attempted to do a "boot:floppy" but after
> I insert the root diskette, it gets a protection fault.)
>
> Is there a work around for the "compressed image"
> problem, or am I missing something about Linux with
> SCSI drives.
>
> Gary Young
Gary,
I will respond quickly in order to give you something
to try while some GURU gives you the real answer later
in the day.
My experience with RAMDISK: errors have always been
floppy disk errors. Some where in a HOWTO it says
to use NEW disks for the boot/root disks. While I
don't think I have ever used NEW disks for this task
I do throw disks away at the first sign a trouble.
So untill somebody else speaks up try a different disk.
Later,
Ray
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