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Hi,
Im trrying hard to install Debian. I have no CDROM
drive. And my connection
to the internet is through a USB dsl modem, which
makes the net install extremely difficult,
if not impossible.
I have tried a hard disk install by mounting the
ISO image, but the
debian installer refuses to install from it. So now
i am looking for ways to
do a Net install with the USB dsl modem.
I have got the base system installed already,
with the floppy disks.
I used the special kernel image that has support
for USB devices. However, it doesn't seem to
support VIA USB controllers, So ofcourse the modem will not work.
I know the USB modem can work under linux, because
I have used it under Slackware.
I have a kernel image that I got from the peanut
linux install files. They use this kernel in a very
similair way to how debian does, with a 'ram.bat'
file and the initrd line.
I know the peanut kernel supports my USB
setup, so i tried to replace linux.bin with that.
However, I get "invalid compressed format
error". Back to square one.
Any help in getting out of this mess and installing
Debian would be appreciated, thanks.
p.s: No, I don't know anyone who can lend me a CD
drive.
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