Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

[Łukasz Kalamłacki <kalamlacki@gmail.com>]

Hi,


on tftp server you need to unpack this:

https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz

to install i386 bookworm via PXEBoot.


Best regards,

Łukasz

On 1.08.2024 14:41, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown 
> motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the 
> BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither 
> has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard drives have copious free space.
>
> Both machines have internet access.
> Though this machine is 64Bit capable and bootable from flash, it does 
> not have adequate free space for an additional OS.
>
> Are there documented install instructions covering machines described 
> in first paragraph?
>
> TIA