RE: Install problem
On 14-Apr-99 budlorch@multiboard.com wrote:
> I am installing Debian GNU/Linux for Intel 486 from floppies, since the old
> computer I'm experimenting with doesn't have a CD-ROM drive.
>
> I downloaded the following files so far:
> resc1440.bin
> resc1440tecra.bin
> drv1440.bin
> drv1440tecra.bin
> base14-1.bin to base14-7.bin
> rawrite2.exe
>
> I can find no reference as to what the "tecra" files are for. There seems
> to be only a reference to "the rescue disc." Along with all the docs I
> could find, I used rawrite to process the rescue files and driver files.
>
tecra disks are zImage kernels that are needed for some computers w/ stupid
bios' (namely the Toshiba tecra laptop series, although others need them too).
Hmm, you should have to use the second disk at some point. Try inserting it
and see what happens where it is currently dying.
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