Re: installing on an indy
Ulrich Teichert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >I have just been given an Indy and a Challenge, by the college I work for.
> >They were throwing the machines out and I managed to convince them to
> >throw them my way. However, unfortunately I seem to be to late to prevent
> >them from throwing out the system CDs. So, I decided I'll put Linux on the
> >machines. I have started with the Indy, but I didn't get very far. I
> >downloaded the Debian distribution and made the CDs, but I can't get the
>
> Debian Woody, I presume?
I's probably better to start with the new (sarge) installer, there's a
mini-ISO image which allows to boot and install the system over LAN
from a debian mirror.
> >Indy to boot from the first CD. This is what happens:
> >
> >I boot the system.
> >Click on Stop for Maintenance
> >Click on Install System Software
> >Select the CD-ROM and Continue
> >Then I get an error: Volume header not valid.
>
> This is expected, as booting from CD is not supported. You have to do
> a network install. I have no idea if you can boot off the new debian
> installer CDs for 3.1 (Sarge), but I doubt it.
It should work in sarge, but you still have to set the firmware
variables to boot from CD, and later switch them back to disk boot.
Just clicking on the "Install System" icon fails. I hope to fix that
before the release, but I don't have a suitable CD drive to test it.
Thiemo
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