Re: How to install Debian?
You already wrote the rescue.bin and root.bin and
drivers.bin diskettes, right? So boot from rescue.bin and
follow the directions.
Alternatively, since you mention rawrite I assume you have a
DOS/Windows thing going too, in which case you don't even
need the diskettes (which are unreliable anyway). With the
kernel file (linux) .bins and base.tar.gz on your hard drive
you can start the linux kernel and debian boot sequence from DOS:
loadlin.exe linux root=root.bin
Also keep the Installation Instructions handy (click on
Installation Instructions at debian.org).
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:53:49PM -0700, Eli M?ndez wrote:
> Hello.
> I have been using Mandrake for some time and I am wishing to switch to Debian. I decided to try downloading and burning the CD Images depite the fact it was a waste of cd's. I went to http://cdimage.debian.org/ and clicked on "I want to install Debian GNU/Linux on one computer". Then I clicked on "The computer I want to install Debian on has a free Internet connection (I don't have to pay for downloading large amounts of data)" because I have a cable connection. Then it told be I dont need to download the CD images, all I need to do is "simply" install from a floppy amd then the "system can connect directly to a Debian FTP mirror"! Well GREAT this is what I did when I installed my Mandrake system. WRONG! I downloaded the /dists/stable/main/disks-i386/ directory. Good I have it now, now what? What image do I write to a disk what do I need to do? I have looked many places and I found one or two places that INFERRED that I need to write the "rescue" disk and only one place told me to write the "root" and "driver" disks. Well I tryed to boot from the rescue disk and it won't boot. Rawrite had finihed writing the disk so I don't know what to do. I was told that Debian was a bit harder to install than Mandrake but I didn't expect it to be this hard. If you think I sould just stick to my current distro then please tell me, but I would really like to use Debian.
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