Hi, On Wednesday 30 March 2005 20:56, David Turner wrote: > I am currently trying to install debian linux on my x86 box. I have > created the floppy disk images of rescure.bin, root.bin, and copied > linux.bin to another disk. I have successfully booted the rescue.bin > disk, but then to start the install, if I insert the disk which I > copies linux.bin onto, I says it's loading linux.bin, but then it gives > an error, "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to > continue." I have never used debian before, and don't really > understand what all the disk images are for, and what's involved in the > install I would suggest you use the images available from [1] and read our installation guide available from [2], especially [3] and also [4]. If you have a good internet connection and your network card is recognized, you should use the net-driver.img floppy. See the installation guide for alternative installation methods. You will be using the (final) release candidate of the new installation system [5] for the upcoming Sarge release. [1]http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc3/images/floppy/ [2]http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/index.html [3]http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s01.html#floppy-boot [4]http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06.html [5]http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Cheers, FJP
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