I am trying to install Debian Release 2.0 (hamm) on my PC -- 4 MB of memory, 1.2 MB floppy drive, 40 MB hard drive for MSDOS, 120 MB hard drive for Linux.
When I previously performed a successful installation of Debian Release 1.3 on my PC configured with 4 MB of memory and a 1.2 MB floppy disk drive, a low memory root directory image was available which fit on a 1.2 MB floppy (lmemroot.bin). The only low memory disk image provided in Debian Release 2.0 is 1.44 MB (lowmem.bin) Another file, lowmemrd.bin, is also available from the FTP site, but is not referenced in the installation instructions, so I don't know what it is for. The installation instructions are somewhat confusing, but if I understand correctly, I am to "boot from the Low Memory Boot Disk" (section 7.1). I think this means that I should select "floppy0" at the "boot:" prompt, but I can't fit lowmem.bin on a 1.2 MB floppy in any case. Could someone offer some clarification? Thanks, Mark Von Hatten
