Re: CD-ROM install with floppy boot
On Thursday 29 August 2002 19:29, Dave Price wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 04:49:45PM +0100, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm having trouble trying to install debian from the CD-ROMs. For some
> > reason the computer I'm using doesn't allow me to boot from CD-ROM and I
> > can't access the BIOS settings to change this. What I want to do is
> > install debian from the CD-ROMS but using a floppy disk to boot. Can
> > this be done with debian? I know other distros (e.g. RedHat) allow this.
> > If so, which disk images do I need to do this?
>
> Depending on the cd-image you are using, there should be some floppy
> boot images on the CD and a DOS executable 'rawrite.exe' that you can
> use to build your floppy with. Alternatively, a linux system could
> build your floppy from the images using the 'dd' command.
>
> Look in /install on your cd; my woody iso has:
>
> [davep@dp:/iso.test]$ ls -l install
> total 12384
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1865 Jun 8 23:35 README.sbm
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 859 Jun 8 23:37 TRANS.TBL
> -r--r--r-- 4 root root 1474560 May 15 23:28 bf24.bin
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1148 Jun 8 23:35 boot.bat
> -r--r--r-- 4 root root 1474560 May 15 23:28 compact.bin
> dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 6144 Jun 8 23:35 doc
> -r--r--r-- 4 root root 1474560 May 15 23:28 idepci.bin
> -r--r--r-- 3 root root 1263339 May 15 23:28 lin24
> -r--r--r-- 3 root root 834366 May 15 23:28 lincompt
> -r--r--r-- 3 root root 665509 May 15 23:28 linpci
> -r--r--r-- 3 root root 1005181 May 15 23:28 linux
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 32208 Jun 8 23:35 loadlin.exe
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17863 Jun 8 23:35 rawrite2.exe
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1639 Jun 8 23:35 rawrite2.txt
> -r--r--r-- 3 root root 1474560 May 15 23:28 rescue.bin
> -r--r--r-- 4 root root 1474560 May 15 23:28 root.bin
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Jun 8 23:35 sbm.bin
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 999 Jun 8 23:35 setlang.bat
> [davep@dp:/iso.test]$
>
> I would use either root.bin or idepci.bin, but there a are quite a few
> to play with. Potato is similar if I recall correctly.
boot from a dos floppy image, and run loadlin.exe.
the setup will launch from there..
tal.
>
> There is also an excellent install guide in /install/doc/install/
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> aloha,
> dave
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