Re: chicken and egg problem with installation on a floppyless system
"K. Desai" <kdesai@aoc.nrao.edu> writes:
bg
> Now for the problem:
> a few months ago, i installed debian using the 2.0.6 kernal.
> i made a set of boot/root/base/modules disks and successfully installed
> everything i wanted [or could fit onto my 170 MB drive].
> now, i bought a new 1.3GB drive and want to move everything over.
> Here is what i have tried
> 0) use the old 2.0.6 setup to contact ftp.debian.org
> and make a new set of boot/../ disks.
> 1) physically install the new hard drive.
> 2) boot the computer with the floppy in and start feeding in the new
> disks.
> 3) now since the floppy is in, the computer refuses to recognise that i
> have a pcmcia slot - so it wont load/configure the proper kernel modules.
> 4) i cant get the kernel source and the new modules into the computer by
> hand since my only means of data ingress is through the floppy and
> the kernel .deb package is > 1.44MB.
You have two choices:
1. Write a multivolume tar archive to the floppy drive
2. Use gnu split to split the file into floppy size chunks and put
them on multiple MSDOS floppies.
Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu
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