Re: Floppyless installation

2004-03-08 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 07:07:52AM -0800, jack kinnon wrote: > Thanks for the answer on upgrading. > > Now I want to do an Internet-based installation of a 'compact' > flavor. This, I understand, avoids the use of a stack of floppies. > It requires loading some initial files to the hard-disk, ex

Re: Floppyless installation

2004-03-08 Thread Kent West
jack kinnon wrote: Thanks for the answer on upgrading. Now I want to do an Internet-based installation of a 'compact' flavor. This, I understand, avoids the use of a stack of floppies. It requires loading some initial files to the hard-disk, execute the correct files and then download more fi

Floppyless installation

2004-03-08 Thread jack kinnon
Thanks for the answer on upgrading.   Now I want to do an Internet-based installation of a 'compact' flavor. This, I understand, avoids the use of a stack of floppies. It requires loading some initial files to the hard-disk, execute the correct files and then download more files from the Net. Fol

floppyless installation

1999-07-12 Thread Chris Dion
Thanks to John Foster and Kent West for their help. When I used ftp to download the instalation images, everything worked perfectly. Chris Dion

Re: floppyless installation problem

1999-07-12 Thread John Foster
Kent West wrote: > > Chris Dion wrote: > > > Hi all, hope this is the right list for this problem. > > > > I'm trying to do a floppyless instalation of the base linux system from > > DOS using LoadLin. I've downloaded the following files: > > > > resc1440.bin, > > drv1440.bin, > > base2_1.tgz, >

Re: floppyless installation problem

1999-07-12 Thread Kent West
Chris Dion wrote: > Hi all, hope this is the right list for this problem. > > I'm trying to do a floppyless instalation of the base linux system from > DOS using LoadLin. I've downloaded the following files: > > resc1440.bin, > drv1440.bin, > base2_1.tgz, > root.bin, > linux, > install.bat > and

floppyless installation problem

1999-07-12 Thread Chris Dion
Hi all, hope this is the right list for this problem. I'm trying to do a floppyless instalation of the base linux system from DOS using LoadLin. I've downloaded the following files: resc1440.bin, drv1440.bin, base2_1.tgz, root.bin, linux, install.bat and loadlin.exe. Following the instructions