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Re: Debian 2.2 installer boot floppys



On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:55:25AM +0000, Chris Howells wrote:
...snip

> I asked on #debian about this, and was told that I needed to edit the
> file syslinux.cfg on one of the floppies, yet I am unsure how to do this
> (or why even -- all I want to do is start the installer from the
> CD-ROM?). They won't mount under Linux Mandrake (on my other machine),
> to edit the file, even if I specify 
> 
> mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
          ^^^^^^

Perhaps here is the error: try with    

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
        ^^^^^^  

(Note: if "msdos" isn't rhe right choice, try with "minix" .

 Good Luck

  paolo massei



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