Hi Jim, >I'm trying to help a friend install Linux from a laptop. The problem is >that it can have a floppy or a CDROM drive installed, but not both. The >solution seems to be to create an root/boot installation on a Win95 hard >disk, but I don't know how to do that. Any suggestions? No, >unfortunatly he can't boot from the CDROM. Not supported in the bios.
Been there, done that.... <grin> My problem was I didn't even have a CD-ROM I could plug in... Somewhere on the debian distribution is a file called rawwrite2 (I believe), which you can use under a DOS based system to copy images onto floppy disks. I'm not going to tell you how to do this tho, as it's all laid out in a very readable, step-by-step fashion in the Debian Installation manual. This should also be on your Debian CD somewhere. Basically, make the 9 (I believe) install disks (yes, I know this is tedius, but a lot more fun than installing Win95 by floppy!), and that will take you through and install a working, but basic, debian installation. >From that point you should be able to mount the CD-ROM and install the rest of the stuff. You could also do it via FTP from your Win95 machine using ethernet is you have a PCMCIA network card. Hope that helps, damon ======== Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Web Page: www.sub.net.au/~tr It's not a sense of humor. It's ICQ UIN: 2920281 a sense of irony disguised as one. PGP Key ID: 0x232C09E1 - Bruce Sterling -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
