Re: Booting from a floppy to install debian
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:52:40PM -0600, Marvin Aguero wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> I have decided to give debian GNU/Linux a chance. So, I downloaded the "woody"
> Official i386 Binary-1 image from the web and burned the CD. So far so good,
> the problem is that machine I am trying to install it at is quite old and
> doesn't boot from a CD.
>
> How can I create a boot floppy to install debian from there? Can you guys give
> me a hand on this?
>
Although I haven't tried this, you could create just one floppy using the
sbm.bin image located in the install/ directory on the cd. After
booting off this floppy, you can then proceed to boot off the CD,
bypassing the BIOS limitation.
Check out install/README.sbm on the CD.
Paul
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