> * Make sure you installed Linux on hda1, not hda.
Tried both
> * I always put the bootloader (lilo in my case) at the beginning of the
> drive (hda), not the "/" partition (hda1), but it may work either way.
Tried both
> * Make sure you HAVE a bootloader.
I didn't check. If it is not there then debian is NOT putting it there,
after it say's that it has.
> * Get a bootable removable medium (SuSE 9 CD 1 should work) and try to
> boot the hard drive using that.
will try.
> * This isn't a cause of the boot failure, but you might want to consider a
> little swap (you can even make a small [like 5MB] swapfile). Maybe it's
> superstition, but I always heard the OS cached with wild abandon until
> it hit swap.
I have tried with an without swap space.
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
P.S.
I wouldn't mind getting those Hitchhiker mp3 from you. You know they are
bringing back the radio show.
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