Re: Install w/ floppy not working on compaq laptop (armada m700)

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Siinnerr@aol.com wrote:

> Im trying to put debian on my compaq armada m700 and am not having 
> luck here's what i did
>
> i downloaded to a floppy base-1.bin 
> <http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/base-images-3.0.23-2002-07-18/images-1.44/base-1.bin> 
>    from 
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/base-images-3.0.23-2002-07-18/images-1.44/ 
The image has to be put onto the floppy using a special tool. Download 
and run "rawrite2.exe" to put the image on the floppy. You'll need more 
than just this one floppy however. See the instructions at
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual