On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:47:37AM -0800, asdf wrote: > --- Attilio Fiandrotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Why don't you try netbooting? this should work, even if i never > > tested > > this myself. > > When i installaed woody on my 43p/140 some years ago i used floppies > > and > > a serial console: i guess this should work for sarge (and etch?) too. > > > > Hi Attilio, > > I'd prefer to avoid booting from floppies if I can, they are just so > darned unreliable! If I am unable to boot the installer from CD, I just > might have to try floppies.
d-i doesn't actually support booting from floppies, and indeed, the debian kernels for prep don't even fit on floppies. netboot is the only way which is really tested and known to work. > Another option would be to try and boot from the hard-disk directly by > downloading all the d-i installer files but I couldn't find > instructions on how to do this. This is an option indeed. But the prep boxes can only boot from harddisk from a prep partition, so you would have to prepare a disk extra for this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
