Re: How-to for potato udma66 support?

[Glenn Murray <gmurray@Mines.EDU>]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Jon Pennington wrote:
> Get the directory
> /debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/udma66 (this is
> from memory) somewhere local, like a CD-ROM or get them from the ftp
> site.  Then for each of these files:
> 
>  - rescue.bin
>  - root.bin
>  - driver-1.bin
>  - driver-2.bin
>  - driver-3.bin
>  - driver-4.bin
> 
> Insert a blank floppy into /dev/fd0 and type:
> 
>  # dd if=[image].bin of=/dev/fd0
> 
> Repeat until each of the images are on a floppy, and use the first
> floppy (rescue.bin) to boot the machine.

Thanks much, that was all I needed to know.  I wish they had put these
directions in the readme.  Actually I only needed the first two disks:
the installation was smart enough to continue from the CD's from
there.

Thanks again,
Glenn