Re: floppy install problems
Kenneth,
Unfortunately I am unable to transfer drives due to the nature of the
the hardware. I may try to transfer the disks to the partitioned drive
though like you mentioned. I think I can get to the command line
by hitting Alt+F4. Thanks for your help.
Tom
Date sent: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:14:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com>
Subject: floppy install problems
To: tanzalon@harrisassoc.com
Copies to: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> You might try coping the files to floppies that have
> been formated on the target machine's drive. Or
> transfer the target machine's floppy drive to the
> machine doing the copying and then move it back to the
> tarket machine. Methinks floppy interchange may be a
> problem.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> To all,
>
> I have tried to install Debian from floppy disks
> several times on an
> old IBM 486 ps2 machine. The machine boots fine with
> the rescue
> disk fine. The point at which the install fails is
> during the mounting
> of the rescue disk to continue with the base install.
> I have made
> several new rescue floppys thinking it may be the
> media. I have
> only chosen to install from floppy because the machine
> has no
> cdrom and only one isa slot for expansion. It does
> have a 300 mb
> hard and 8 mb of ram. Thanks for any help in advance.
>
>
>
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