Installation help

[Gregory Nowak]

Couldn't he also mount his fat partition, and mount the cd image from there for installation?
Greg


On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 12:02:55AM +0100, Georgina wrote:
> Hi
> 
> If I understand your set-up right, your easiest option would be to use
> loadlin.  This would require that you have the files Linux, root.bin,
> drivers.gz and the base2.2.tar.gz.  I may not have the filenames exactly
> right but hopefully you'll know which ones I mean.  If you also had a copy
> of loadlin.exe on your system or even in the same directory as the other
> files you can use it to boot the system into Linux and start your
> installation.
> 
> Say for example, you create a directory called c:\Linux and that you put all
> the above files into the Linux directory.  You'd create a batch file
> something like this:
> 
> @echo off
> cd\
> cd c:\Linux
> loadlin Linux /dev/ram intrd-root.bin
> 
> Then you'd start the machine in pure DOS and type the name of the batch file
> you've just created with the above lines.  BTW:  You enter pure DOS by
> pressing F8 early on in the boot up process and select the option command
> prompt only.  I'm assuming that you have Windows 95 or 98 installed?
> 
> Yes you could get the iso file burnt on to a CD and get your files off of
> that or you could download them.  It much depends upon what is easiest for
> you.  But to use floppies for the Debian install, I think that it is about
> six floppies you'll need to create.
> 
> Whatever, method you use to start the installation you need to choose the
> right kernel that matches your hardware.  Then once you've got into the
> installation process, your going to have to partition your d drive and
> change it to ex2 and swap type partitions.  But that can be attended to at
> the right time.  Firstly, you need to be able to start the installation
> process.
> 
> Please visit http://linux-speakup.org and read the Debian installation
> documentation.
> 
> 
> Gena
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Angus MacKinnon
> Sent: 29 September 2001 22:05
> To: Speakup List; BLinux newbie List
> Subject: Installation help
> 
> 
> I have a 1.44MB floppy that is blank and has been formatted useing Windows.
> I would like to create a Speakup bootable floppy. Can someone help me create
> the bootable floppy so I can use my DECTalk Express on COM1 to install
> Debian Linux on the D: of my hard disk? I downloaded
> "debian-2.2r2-speakup.iso". Should I have this file on CD?I have a friend
> that has offered the use of his internal CD burner. How would I send it to
> this person if the "debian-2.2r2-speakup.iso" should be on a CD(s)?
> 
> Angus MacKinnon, Port Moody British Columbia Canada
> MAILTO:dabneyadfm at home.com
> 
> 
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