Re: Install From Floppy and CD-ROM
I am using a CD-ROM which I have just bought and which is labeled Debian
2.2rev3 i386, which I believe is "potato". I created the boot disks using
"rawrite2.exe" on a friend's DOS machine. Here is the sequence of events
Upon booting the machine from floppy, I get the "boot:" prompt. I enter
"floppy" and Linux starts to boot. I am then prompted for the root disk,
which I also created using rawrite2.exe. It gets loaded.
I am prompted to configure the keyboard, then to set up a swap partition,
then a linux partition.
When I am prompted for the installation medium, I only get:
/dev/fd0
/dev/fd1
harddisk
mounted
Am I using the wrong floppies? Thanks, again, for your help.
-Daniel Magaud
In a message dated 9/21/01 1:22:32 AM, tillman@azstarnet.com writes:
<< > I am attempting to install Debian on a fairly old machine (Intel 486)
which
> can't be set up to boot from the CD. I have created the rescue and root
> floppy disks and am able to boot using them. However, the installation
> does not give me the possibility of installing the system from the CD (only
> from floppies, a hard disk or a mounted filesystem.
>
Is this potato boot-floppies? In the current boot-floppies, the cdrom is at
the top of the list after selecting Install Kernel and Modules.
> 1. Is it possible to install the way I intended (boot from floppy, install
> from CD-ROM)? If so, am I not able to because of the age of my machine or
> some configuration problem?
>
> 2. What would you suggest I do? I do not have any DOS diskettes and the
> machine's hard drive has no OS on it.
>
Shoudl be able to use the CD as you intend. If you're using potato, try
woody instead.
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