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Re: New Linux Install



The trick here is that when you get to the "boot:" prompt on the rescue
disk you enter "floppy0" thus

boot: floppy0

>From here you just follow the bouncing ball, but note that you will be
asked for the lmemroot.bin disk during the installation.

Get back to me if you want any more info.

Lindsay
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Collin Rose wrote:

> I am trying to install Debian 1.31 r.6 on 386 w/ 5 MB RAM and a 80 MB
> Harddrive and a 3 1/2 floppy. I made a 20 MB swap partition and 2 MB
> minux and then 59.xx MB Linux partition using the rescue disk from an
> old distibution. (kernel 2.0.27?)  When I try to use my 1.31 rescue disk
> I get the low memory remark and am instructed to follow the instuctions
> in the install.html file. It was unclear in the install.html document
> how to go about using the low mem disk. Can anyone help me? Thank you
> for any help you can provide. 
> 
> Collin Rose
> 
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