Re: potato on 486
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:52:01AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
| dman wrote:
| > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 04:06:21PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
| > | Osamu Aoki wrote:
[...]
| > | > If so network install is alternative. Just 2 floppies
| > | > is all you need.
| > |
| > | What's the best reference you know for that?
| >
| > Get the rescue and root disks (I use idepci for net installs). Boot
| > it. Specify network config (dhcp, static, whatever). Point to
| > debian.org for downloads.
|
| Actually I still haven't been able to connect to my ISP from Linux.
What ISP? What sort of connection - dial-up, dsl cable?
| > It is really quite simple. Simpler, even, than getting an old
| > CDROM to boot.
| >
| > The other easy alternative is to pull the harddrive, put it in a
| > new machine, install, put it back. I did this on the 486 I
| > installed on (didn't have fast network for that one either).
|
|
| That's probably the easiest for now. I still will have to deal with
| that CDROM after the install.
Dealing with odd hardware is easier after a complete system is
installed. The installer portion is quite a bare-minimum (sometimes
less) system so that it actually fits on the floppy.
| Actually the Caldera diskettes turn out to have a whole bunch of CDROM
| drivers. I haven't found one that works yet. But we'll see.
Is caldera debian-based? If so it might not be so bad to start with
their installer but redirect it to a plain debian system.
-D
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