Fatal Error: Probably Wrong Disk Inserted

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During installation from the boot disk, you get the following message after starting YaST:

 Mounting install disk...
   *** Fatal error: Probably wrong disk inserted ***
 /bin/yast: sleep: I/O error
The following errors can be the cause:

You can avoid the last possibility by overwriting in the directory /dev the file fd0 with mv fd0H1440 fd0.

Now the possible variations:

You boot with option "kernel.4" This means that kernel is loaded from the boot disk. However, the root disk does not get into the ramdisk, but it is mounted. Execute mkswap and exit Linux.

Reboot kernel, this time without the ending .4. Afterwards, insert the root disk then, when requested, the installation disk. Enter Yast. It should run smoothly. Enter your swap partition and install Linux.


Keywords: INSTALLATION DISK, YAST

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