Re: Booting install system
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 12:16:02PM -0700, Cameron wrote:
> Ok, I have a starmax 4000/200 (200 mhz 604e).
>
> I wanna put debian on this thing. Now, making a boot floppy (with my intel
> debian box) won't work. It just spits the floppy out during boot up.
> Any ideas on how to get around that?
What're you making it from? You should be using the
boot-floppy-hfs.img. Root/Rescue are not bootable on Macs. If the HFS
image is not booting on a Starmax, I need to find out why not.
> Any ideas on what to try with bootx? Any ideas on how to boot up the
> install system period (besides a bootable cd, I don't feel like
> downloading a cd image over a 56k)?
The CD wouldn't boot on your machine anyway. It's only for newer ones.
Dan
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