On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:13:58AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 07:05, Brian Walker wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > after having taken the momentous step of recompiling a kernel (thanks > > guys ... connected well now) I am researching how to build the best > [snip] > > When it comes to the part where I fire up the new computer for the first > > time, IIUC, the motherboard BIOS will send the usual messages, then stop > > in dismay. The next step is to format the hard disk. In the absence of a > > It won't boot up after you recompile the kernel? No, his kernel build works. That was the previous stage of his computer experimentation, now completed. He's just thanking the list for past help. He's now talking about the expected behaviour when you switch on a new machine that doesn't yet have an OS on the hard disk. He wants to install Debian, but it seems that his only options for transferring files from his net-connected box to the new box are (a) floppies and (b) a network connection. It seems that he needs to know how to get enough of Debian onto the new box to get the network running, using the minimum number of floppies. I reply merely to clarify - hope I've got it right. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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