On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:52:20AM -0500, L. Mart wrote: > Sounds like you want to use loadlin and the hard-drive method.
There's a copy of loadlin here (I know you say you've already got a copy, but just in case it's old or whatever): http://www.uk.debian.org/debian/tools/lodlin16.zip it has a readme.1st file that tells you how to use it. The short version is that with loadlin, a copy of the vmlinuz & inittrd files from here: http://www.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ and a relevant ISO image, say: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/4.0_r3/i386/bt-cd/debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso.torrent ( or if you cannot bittorrent: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso ) you should be able to use the Hard Disk install method, by pitting all the files in the C:\ directory, making sure that the .iso file has a filename that ends in .iso, and then running LOADLIN.EXE as per the instructions. You should probably make sure that you have a DOS rescue floppy just in case you get to the point where you've wiped out DOS, and find that GRUB refuses to install, so that you can at least get back to where you are by using FDISK.EXE etc. Anyway, with the relevant files copied into place using DOS, you should be able to run LOADLIN from DOS and then start the install. I'm a little surprised this isn't covered in more detail here: http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s02.html.en#id2530955 perhaps you could report back on how you got on, and we can use your experience to document this more fully -- if you make notes of the bits that made this confusing as you go along that will help to suggest the bits that need to be covered in more detail. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ a(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
