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Re: Install from single floppy



On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:57:36PM +0100, Patrick Colbeck wrote:

> I am going with the DOS partition option. I have installed FreeDos in
> a little 50 mb partition and that works OK. Now I have to get the
> reuired Debian files on there (loadlin kernel etc) and it looks like
> the best way to do this is via NFS over PLIP by booting the Libretto
> off a tomsrbt rescue disk and NFS mounting my other laptop over PLIP !
> 
> So I am off to buy a parralel null cable on the way home !

Why?  If FreeDOS recognizes your floppy drive, you can copy the files
onto the DOS partition using floppies (or a single floppy if you're
really short).
-- 
Carl Fink		carlf@dm.net



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