On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Ben Bucksch wrote: > >I'm not quite sure what file you are looking for. The install images > >are the resc* and drv* files. You also need the base* file accessable, > >either as the full tarball on a harddrive or zip, or as the split up files > >that can be written to a disk. With that said, the resc disk is not ready > >in the above directory (unless my mirror is out of date). You can get the > >latest from ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/Incoming/ (warning, you will > >have to look through a lot of files). I have heard one report that the > >drivers disks wasn't working properly (and a verification was also made). > > Running the install.bat from the above dir will fail, lacking a kernel 2 > load. Using the 2.0-linux-file ends up "root fs not found" or so after > starting Linux from install.bat.
Ok, you want to do a 0 floppy install. I don't have a whole lot of experience with those (my bios didn't support the bootable cd's from 2.0 and I don't use win/dos anymore). Where did you get your install.bat from? > >To answer you second question, you can install hamm and upgrade to > >slink. Doing this will end up replacing everything from the install > >(except the configs and other necessary stuff). Therefore, there is no > >reason to try to "update to the slink base", it's already been done. > > I don't know much about Linux. I thought dselect will only uograde the > (add.) progams and the kernel is made by the install-procedure at the > "disks". There is no need to reinstall debian (unless you are a crazy tester like me :-) There also isn't much of a reason to upgrade your kernel unless there is a feature that you need/want. If you want the stock debian kernel, download the kernel-image package (I think). I tend to grab the raw kernel tarball and compile my own so I have just what I need (and bootup is much quicker). Which ever way you want to go is fine, but I'd avoid the install disks if you alreay have debian installed. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |
