Scarletdown wrote: >On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:42 +0100, Pooly wrote: > > >>2005/9/16, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>>Anyway, I currently have Windows 98SE working fine on it. However, I >>>want to make it full 100% Debian (etch which would be upgraded to sid). >>>The CD ROM drive is not bootable, so I made a set of net install >>>floppies. After booting up with the boot floppy, I am asked for the >>>root floppy. I put it in the drive and it starts to load. After a >>>while, it quits with this set of messages... >>> >>>Setting up filesystem... >>>mount: Could not find a spare loop device >>>cp: /initrd/*: No such file or directory >>>failed copying filesystem (may be out of space on ram disk) >>>Giving up! >>> >>> >>> >>Eventually try the boot disk for the woody, then upgrade to what you want. >> >> >> > >Okay, Good thing I didn't toss out the old Woody disks. The install is >now in progress. I used the boot.bat file on the first CD. This, of >course, brings up other questions. > >1: I was not able to specify a 2.4 kernel for some reason. I briefly >saw a menu come up with an option to use 2.4. However, there was some >sort of "Bad command or filename" error, that flashed by before Linux >automatically started to load with the 2.2 kernel. This meant that I >was only able to use ext2 instead of ext3. After I get the base install >done, how would I then convert my ext2 filesystem to ext3? > > example: tune2fs -h /dev/hda3
>2: When I upgrade to sid, what would be the best process to do this? >Should I first do a dist-upgrade to sarge, then to etch, and finally to >sid? Or would it be fine to just go from woody to sid? Or should I go >woody to sarge to sid, and skip etch? > > I'd go straight to sid. I'd do a minimal install of Woody, then "apt-get dist-upgrade" to sid. >3: Can Woody use a 2.6 kernel, or should I wait until I'm running sid >before installing 2.6? > > It can, but I'd wait. You'll have a bigger choice of 2.6 varieties once you're in sid. -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
