I just realized that while Sam might understand that explanation, few
others on Debian-User would. So here's why when you ask about bootable
CDs I start talking about floppies. The El Torrito bootable CD format
makes your CD masquerade as a floppy during booting. Thus, you start
by constructing a b
From: Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> and am having trouble getting the self booting part to work.
We use SysLinux to boot from floppy, while others might use LILO.
That could be important. Some of the LILO flags like "compact" turned
out to be important for booting from a floppy.
You should be
Message from Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 6-5-97:
> Use the "debian-cd" package to make your ISO images. It wants a directory
> "debian" containing a mirror of "bo", "tools", "doc", and "contrib", and
> the symlink "stable -> bo". I use 4 separate mirror scripts to make this.
Is it true tha
Use the "debian-cd" package to make your ISO images. It wants a directory
"debian" containing a mirror of "bo", "tools", "doc", and "contrib", and
the symlink "stable -> bo". I use 4 separate mirror scripts to make this.
Thanks
Bruce
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I'd like to burn Debian 1.3 to CD, in order to make installation to
several machines easier (less wasted bandwidth), but I'm not sure what
kind of directory hierarchy Debian 1.3 is expecting from CD.
Installation instructions were quite clear about the fact that one can
install Debian 1.3 using si
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