Can't help with the install issue, sorry. On a different tack, you might check out the Linux Router Project at http://www.linuxrouter.org/ if you just want a router with IP Masquerading. supposedly you can get all the software you need to run from a locked floppy on system with no hard drive at all. The idea is that even if it gets hacked you can restore the system with a power cycle.
I confess I haven't done this, although I _have_ used my Dad's venerable 486/SX as a router with both RedHat and Slackware dists. In my case I used a pair of 3C509s. Much less hassle, BTW, to use a pair of the same cards in your router so that you only need to get one network driver going. Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "MaD dUCK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:03 AM Subject: boot disk dilemma > so i finally managed to boot off the floppy disks and am now in the > debian installation menu, just short of installing the operating > system. i have a local debian mirror, so i'd like to install via > network (ftp) -- especially because i don't have the cds. i am using > the "compact" kernel. > > i am dealing with three machines, and they all have different network > cards. one is a ne2000, one a 3c59x, the next a tulip chip. i would > like to install the network drivers, but they aren't on any of the > disks. > > my headaches are with the driver-1.bin disk, which resides in the > compact directory -- how do i use it? it looks like a 512byte offset > gzipped disk image, but the debian installation program can't load it > - it waits for like 5 minutes before reporting that it "cannot mount > the floppy. stop." > > what's the native method to configure the network cards during a > floppy install? > > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > 1-800-psych > hello, welcome to the psychiatric hotline. > if you are depressed, it doesn't matter which number you press. no one > will answer. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
