Bob Smither wrote: > I am trying to install the testing distribution on a PIII Sony Viao > laptop. The laptop cd drive cannot be used to boot from (3rd party > PCMCIA drive) and the floppy is a usb drive. > > I am using the boot.img, root.img files from etch beta 2: > > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer- > i386/beta2/images/floppy/ > > The system bios is set to boot from the usb floppy and it boots the > boot.img just fine. > > After coming up, the install prompts for the root.img. When I press > enter at this point, there is an oops and the usb floppy cannot be > found. I am guessing that the install is at this point using its own > floppy driver and it expects a proper, non-usb, device. No, the debian installer is designed to work with usb floppies here too. The problem is that the new kernel is not working with your hardware. > Is there a way around this? Netboot? -- see shy jo
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