Bug#26626: Hamm Low Memory Installation From 1.2 MB Floppy
[Very old bug -- clearing out]
> I am trying to install Debian Release 2.0 (hamm) on my PC -- 386DX, 4
> MB of memory, 1.2 MB floppy drive, 40 MB hard drive for MSDOS, 120 MB
> hard drive for Linux.
> When I previously performed a successful installation of Debian Release
> 1.3 on my PC configured with 4 MB of memory and a 1.2 MB floppy disk
> drive, a low memory root directory image was available which fit on a
> 1.2 MB floppy (lmemroot.bin). The only low memory disk image provided
> in Debian Release 2.0 is 1.44 MB (lowmem.bin) Another file,
> lowmemrd.bin, is also available from the FTP site, but is not referenced
> in the installation instructions, so I don't know what it is for. The
> installation instructions are somewhat confusing, but if I understand
> correctly, I am to "boot from the Low Memory Boot Disk" (section 7.1).
> I think this means that I should select "floppy0" at the "boot:" prompt,
> but I can't fit lowmem.bin on a 1.2 MB floppy in any case. Could
> someone offer some clarification?
I believe that the idea is to use the resc1200.bin and then use
lowmemrd.bin as your root disk.
Hopefully I'm right... I'll add this to the installation documentation.
Then we'll close this bug and pray.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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