Couldn't boot from boot floppy

[Hong Hsu <honghsu@bellatlantic.net>]

Hi,

I tried to install Linux server with minimum packages.  Because I have
old cdrom (6 year old) drive which can not be set up in
the BIOS for visiting before hard drive,  I tried to use boot floppy to
start first.  However, every time boot from boot floppy the message
show:
...
running install...
running /sbin/loader
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
...
Does anyone has clue what is going on?

I also tried several options:
boot: linux sda=cdrom lowres
boot: linux sda=/dev/cdrom lowres
boot: linux rescue
boot: linux lowres noprobe

none of them works.    Is there any way to work around?  Thanks,
-Hong



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