WinNT and Linux install question
Hi, Using Debian2.0. My home installation with Linux and Win95 works perfectly. Now I am trying to install Linux on my NT machine at work. For my home installation, I used CD-ROM method for installation and this is what I did: 1)Copy all the CD-ROM drivers from autoexec.bat and config.sys files to a DOS bootable diskette. 2)Boot from the 'DOS boot diskette+CD-ROM drivers'. 3)cd to the CD-ROM drive and run the Linux boot.bat file 4)Smooth as silk. It worked fine. No problem. Problem: With the NT machine at work, there is no autoexec.bat or config.sys files. So I could not do step#1, #2 as described above. I do not know how to configure the PC to boot from the CD-ROM. Can you help ? I downloaded the 'Linux+NT-Loader mini HOW-TO' and in step3.3 it says.. ..Now boot linux from diskettes... I do not have linux boot diskettes. all I have in the CD.. Rathon. Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: WinNT and Linux install question
I do not know how to configure the PC to boot from the CD-ROM. Reboot the machine. After the screen goes blank and it beeps, it'll probably count memory and they'll be a note on the screen that says Press DEL to enter SETUP or something. Some computers use CTRL-ALT-F1 instead of delete or whatever. At any rate, hit this key. You should end up in the bios setup menu, at which point there's probably an option for Boot sequence, likely set to A:, C: or C:, A:, which specifies which drives to try to boot from (in the first example, it tries to boot from your A: drive, and if this fails, tries the C: drive) If there's a CDROM setting, select it. Exit the bios, save your settings, and put the CD in the drive, then reboot. ..Now boot linux from diskettes... I do not have linux boot diskettes. You can make diskettes: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ch-install-methods.html#s-boot-from-floppies Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, Blame It On Me | --
Re: WinNT and Linux install question
rathon wrote: Hi, Using Debian2.0. My home installation with Linux and Win95 works perfectly. Now I am trying to install Linux on my NT machine at work. For my home installation, I used CD-ROM method for installation and this is what I did: 1)Copy all the CD-ROM drivers from autoexec.bat and config.sys files to a DOS bootable diskette. 2)Boot from the 'DOS boot diskette+CD-ROM drivers'. 3)cd to the CD-ROM drive and run the Linux boot.bat file 4)Smooth as silk. It worked fine. No problem. Problem: With the NT machine at work, there is no autoexec.bat or config.sys files. So I could not do step#1, #2 as described above. I do not know how to configure the PC to boot from the CD-ROM. Can you help ? I downloaded the 'Linux+NT-Loader mini HOW-TO' and in step3.3 it says.. ..Now boot linux from diskettes... I do not have linux boot diskettes. all I have in the CD.. Rathon. There's a good chance that a machine big enough to run NT is new enough to be able to boot from the CD drive; just make that change in the CMOS and reboot with the Debian CD in the drive. If your machine can't boot from the CD drive, from within a Command Prompt in CD, run the rawrite.exe (or rawrite2.exe) to create the linux boot disks you need.
