Re: Booting from a floppy to install debian
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 12:15:49AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> I _vaguely_ recall reading on this list that there's a script on the CD
> to make floppies, but as I say, it's a hazy recollection and could be wrong.
Not scripts, but disk images. dd if=/path/to/image of=/dev/fd0
> However, if you can boot into DOS/Win95/etc (to a "DOS-mode only") with
> the DOS drivers for your CD loaded, there should be a batch file on the
> CD, something like "install.bat" or "start.bat", which will start the
> installation process.
You must be booted to DOS. DOS prompts inside Windows do *NOT* count,
nor does the emulated DOS prompt NT, 2000 and XP give you.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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