Re: GRUB bootloader issue

2005-09-26 Thread Mike S
Did you mount /boot first? On 9/26/05, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jeremy Merritt wrote:> I need help figuring out what is going on with my> Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze > issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It> discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-25 Thread Mike S
No comment.On 9/24/05, James Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My CD burner doesn't work.I'd recommend buying a new burner, or a good used one, they're dirt cheap.If that's too expensive then obviously your time is worth a lot less thanmost people's, either that or you like frustration. --To UNSUBS

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
It worked with a GRUB boot disk and some fancy kernel parameters. Thanks! :-)On 9/24/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/ Anyone know of something that can load this?On 9/24/05, Mike S < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Furt

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/other/hd-media/ Anyone know of something that can load this?On 9/24/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Further research indicates that somewhere, there is a kernel and initrd called 'hd-media'. I can't find it, and I thin

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Further research indicates that somewhere, there is a kernel and initrd called 'hd-media'. I can't find it, and I think I tried it once but loadlin wouldn't boot it.On 9/24/05, C Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:49:09PM -0400, Mike S wrote

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
My CD burner doesn't work.  On 9/25/2005, "Mike S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:>-- Forwarded message -->From: Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Date: Sep 24, 2005 8:09 PM>Subject: Re: Installing without CD >To: Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
I'd rather not buy anything...On 9/24/05, Robert Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message ----From: Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org < debian-user@lists.debian.org>Subject: Installing without CDDate: 24/09/05 20:49> How d

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
-- Forwarded message --From: Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sep 24, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: Re: Installing without CDTo: Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>That rather complicates things. I know :-) >You need to mount the ISO on the loopback interface and find t

Re: Shutdown missing from GNOME "Actions" menu....

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Also, shutdown is in /sbin, meaning you have to type the full path if you're not root or export PATH=$PATH:/sbinOn 9/24/05, Ralph Katz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 09/23/2005 05:00 PM, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Debian Users,>> I recently completed my first install of a dual-boot box with Debian>

Re: Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
Oh, I forgot to mention I don't have net access in Linux, incompatible modem.

Installing without CD

2005-09-24 Thread Mike S
How do I install Debian without burning a CD? I have the ISO on my hard drive, but my burner is broken. I also have an almost unlimited number of floppies, if that helps (read: 'insert useless info here') :-)