Re: loadlin and DOS crossinstaller
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:13:19PM +0100, Jens Seidel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 01:37:02AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > However, ftp://ftp.debian.org/tools/loadlin.zip is a _very_ old version
> > of loadlin, see http://bugs.debian.org/320861 .
>
> this is the second message this week related to loadlin and remembers me
> that a friend ask me how to install a old ISA network card. It's a
> 3COM EtherLinkIII (3c509) and needs (according to
> http://www.fli4l.de/german/extern/docu/stable/doc/deutsch/text/readme.txt)
> a DOS tool for preconfiguration.
>
> It would be possible for Debian-Installer to support this by installing
> a freedos system together with a preconfigured loadlin. I assume there
> is no way to provide the DOS driver together with Debian but it could be
> provided via USB stick or floppy.
>
> Maybe it's an option to share the DOS partition with a fat formatted
> /boot partition.
>
> Is there a way to implement this crossinstaller via a special .udeb or
> would it be a abuse of Debian-Installer to install a foreign system?
You would probably need to write a loadlin+dos-installer which replace grub or
lilo installer.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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