[ale] Is there anyone out there that fully understands the boot process ? If yes, please help...........

[hbbs at attbi.com]

Courtney -

Make absolutely certain that you're using good floppies - new ones right of the
box if at all possible.  Rule that out before proceeding.

- Jeff
> I have for some time been attempting to create a set of 2 
> floppies.....boot and root. I have boot working fine with all my 
> necessary drivers. But when the boot floppy asks for the root floppy to 
> be inserted, I then do so and all seems to be underway.... but after 
> mounting /proc, the system hangs with the floppy activity light on and 
> no error message.......
> 
> I have read and followed the Bootdisk-HOWTO entirely but it gives only a 
> general outline of the process and I am unable to discern where I am in 
> the boot process nor do I know how to single step through the bootup to 
> possibly discern the problem more clearly.
> 
> Anyone who understands what's going on and how to trouble shoot this is 
> requested to straighten me out here.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> -- 
> In response to an article in The Economist entitled Marx After Communism 
> dated 12/21/02,
> 
> ".....we have a president purchased by corporations in a sham election 
> who has put those corporations in charge of their own regulation. A 
> string of corporate scandals has exposed the myth of shareholder 
> control....."
> 
> Mark Spohr	Tahoe City, Ca. [1/18/03]
> 
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