On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:41:44 +0000, AG in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On a previous thread, I had polled some advice on the best way to > install Debian on an old laptop that lacked a CD drive. A number of > suggestions were made and I eventually went with the idea of changing > the pre-existing /boot/lilo.conf and adding a newly downloaded vmlinuz > and init.gz Then I copied a netinst *.iso image onto a USB stick and booted. > > All went well, and I was able to install a new Debian system. However, > when I went to reboot into the system I received the "EBDA is big; > kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage" message. Googling this > message throws back a number of suggested solutions which break down > into one of two choices - changing the lilo.conf file (difficult since I > cannot get into the lilo.conf due to the system having been locked at > boot up) and using a rescue CD (difficult because it has no CD drive to > work with). I cannot ssh into the laptop because it hasn't booted and > so I am left with a laptop that cannot boot, cannot use a CD disk to > boot and which is fundamentally useless. > > Can anyone suggest a way that I can get this thing to boot given the > significant constraints described or has this now been reduced to a hunk > of plastic for use as a doorstop?
Does it have a floppy drive? If so, Etch should have some floppy install/rescue images. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
