> G'Day !
>
> Thank you all for your responses .. I pretty sure I can do it now.
>
> I think you all went off on a tangent ... The computers I'm setting up
> only have a Motherboard and video card and harddrive, so the only possible
> way to boot is off the harddrive. (Without the purchase of
bject: Re: Today's Challange
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:22:27PM -0800, Heather wrote:
> And if you want to boot from floppy or not at all -- perhaps as a security
> measure? -- then make sure a floppy is in, and use boot=/dev/fd0
You can put this in lilo.conf to boot a flopp
> G'Day !
>
> Thank you all for your responses .. I pretty sure I can do it now.
>
> I think you all went off on a tangent ... The computers I'm setting up
> only have a Motherboard and video card and harddrive, so the only possible
> way to boot is off the harddrive. (Without the purchase o
additional hardware ;-)
cheers,
Jim Parker
Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death It is far more important than that !!!
Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/23/01 08:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: Re: T
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:22:27PM -0800, Heather wrote:
> And if you want to boot from floppy or not at all -- perhaps as a security
> measure? -- then make sure a floppy is in, and use boot=/dev/fd0
You can put this in lilo.conf to boot a floppy from lilo:
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
> > * fix /etc/lilo.conf to be correct & run /sbin/lilo;
> > alternatively setup a dif't boot method (floppy, or loadlin)
>
> Don't forget to set the bootdev to to the HD you're setting up.
Yes -- this is contained in "correct" and in the original post, I was
consierably more verbose.
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:22:27PM -0800, Heather wrote:
> And if you want to boot from floppy or not at all -- perhaps as a security
> measure? -- then make sure a floppy is in, and use boot=/dev/fd0
You can put this in lilo.conf to boot a floppy from lilo:
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
> * fix /etc/lilo.conf to be correct & run /sbin/lilo;
> alternatively setup a dif't boot method (floppy, or loadlin)
Don't forget to set the bootdev to to the HD you're setting up.
> G'Day !
>
> Yes that is how I was planning on doing 2 thru N, I guess I was not clear
> on the question.
>
> My question was which files do I copy from destktop to /dev/hdb and how do
> I make it bootable. I can not figure out how to run the install program
> dbootstrap to configure the bas
> > * fix /etc/lilo.conf to be correct & run /sbin/lilo;
> > alternatively setup a dif't boot method (floppy, or loadlin)
>
> Don't forget to set the bootdev to to the HD you're setting up.
Yes -- this is contained in "correct" and in the original post, I was
consierably more verbose.
> * fix /etc/lilo.conf to be correct & run /sbin/lilo;
> alternatively setup a dif't boot method (floppy, or loadlin)
Don't forget to set the bootdev to to the HD you're setting up.
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> G'Day !
>
> Yes that is how I was planning on doing 2 thru N, I guess I was not clear
> on the question.
>
> My question was which files do I copy from destktop to /dev/hdb and how do
> I make it bootable. I can not figure out how to run the install program
> dbootstrap to configure the ba
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:46:31AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'Day !
>
> I need to install Debian on several computers. However the twist is that
> the hardware on these computers is such that the only way to access the
> drives is by pulling the drive and making it the slave drive on a
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/23/01 09:08 AM
Please respond to Mr D S Hunnisett
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: Re: Today's Challange
just make one good install then
dd if=/dev/hd(inser slave with good install here) of=(temporary file)
th
G'Day !
I need to install Debian on several computers. However the twist is that the hardware on these computers is such that the only way to access the drives is by pulling the drive and making it the slave drive on a working Linux desktop computer. (ie no floppies, no CD, no NIC, no Modem on
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:46:31AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'Day !
>
> I need to install Debian on several computers. However the twist is that
> the hardware on these computers is such that the only way to access the
> drives is by pulling the drive and making it the slave drive on
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/23/01 09:08 AM
Please respond to Mr D S Hunnisett
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: Re: Today's Challange
just make one good install then
dd if=/dev/hd(inser slave with good install here) of=(temporary file)
th
G'Day !
I need to install Debian on several computers. However the twist is that the hardware on these computers is such that the only way to access the drives is by pulling the drive and making it the slave drive on a working Linux desktop computer. (ie no floppies, no CD, no NIC, no Modem on
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