[ale] Devil of a time with Devil-Linux

[Stephen Cristol]

I'm trying to get devil-linux 1.2.8 (devil-linux-1.2.8-i486.tar.bz2)  
running on a HP Brio BA200 (433 MHz P3 Celeron, 96 MB RAM). I tried  
following the docs at <http://www.devil-linux.org/documentation/1.2.x/ 
ch01s02.html> without much luck.

When I boot the devil-linux CD with an ext2 formated floppy in the  
drive (containing its default configuration files, etc.tar.bz2), it  
spews information too fast for me to read, gets to a welcome banner,  
and then I see (please forgive any typos, I transcribed this):

   Kernel 2.4.31-grsec
   Monting SHM FS on /shm
   waiting until usb storage driver has initialized all devices ...
   Loading loop AES module
   Using /lib/modules/2.4.31-grsec/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
   Searching for configuration media
   Checking for "etc.tar.bz2" on "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ 
part1" ... file not found
   Checking for "etc.tar.bz2" on "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ 
part2" ... file not found
   Checking for "etc.tar.bz2" on "/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/ 
cd" ... mount failed
   Checking for "etc.tar.bz2" on "/dev/floppy/0" ... success!
   loading configuration
   Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM
   Searching list: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
   checking /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd mount failed
   checking /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 wrong media
   checking /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 wrong media
   !!! Devil-Linux CD-ROM not found !!!

   Please check your hardware!
   Booting will NOT continue, you have to reset to try again.

The machine will boot Windows 98 from the hard drive, Knoppix 4.0.2  
from CD (ever so slowly), and DSL (damn small linux) 2.2 from CD.  
I've run a complete pass of memtest and checked both NICs (Linksys, D- 
Link) using DSL.

Anyone have experience with Devil-Linux?

Thanks,
S