Re: USB Floppy installation

2004-01-19 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:04:10 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:26:03PM +0100, peter a wrote: >> But that would only work with the so far unstable Sarge-release? As this >> is a server install I would prefer a stable release.. or is it possible >> to use the installer too bo

Re: USB Floppy installation

2004-01-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:26:03PM +0100, peter a wrote: > But that would only work with the so far unstable Sarge-release? As this > is a server install I would prefer a stable release.. or is it possible > to use the installer too boot a Woody installation? I believe the Skolelinux people use

Re: USB Floppy installation

2004-01-18 Thread peter a
But that would only work with the so far unstable Sarge-release? As this is a server install I would prefer a stable release.. or is it possible to use the installer too boot a Woody installation? /peter a On 2004-01-17 16:10, Damon L. Chesser wrote: peter a wrote: SNIP Peter: have you

Re: USB Floppy installation

2004-01-17 Thread peter a
I tried that, but I couldn't get those images to work... any special arguments I should need to post to boot:? /Peter On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Nano Nano wrote: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:52:41PM +, peter a wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > I have a computer that I wish to install debian to. The p

Re: USB Floppy installation

2004-01-17 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:52:41PM +, peter a wrote: > > > Hi, > I have a computer that I wish to install debian to. The problem is that > the only bootable device I have is a usb floppy drive, I have a usb cd-rom > as well, but not bootable. > > I wan't to be able to boot the installation f

USB Floppy installation

2004-01-17 Thread peter a
Hi, I have a computer that I wish to install debian to. The problem is that the only bootable device I have is a usb floppy drive, I have a usb cd-rom as well, but not bootable. I wan't to be able to boot the installation from my usb floppy and the continue to use the cd-rom och even a net-insta

Re: Floppy Installation

2002-06-14 Thread Scott Henson
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 22:53, Aravind Vinnakota wrote: > > Hi all, >Previously I installed Debian on my (Sun Ultra 5 sparc) system using > CDs. Now, I am looking for other ways to install it. Right now, we install > Redhat using a minimal image on a floppy and boot the system and install > the

Floppy Installation

2002-06-14 Thread Aravind Vinnakota
Hi all, Previously I installed Debian on my (Sun Ultra 5 sparc) system using CDs. Now, I am looking for other ways to install it. Right now, we install Redhat using a minimal image on a floppy and boot the system and install the OS from our local mirror using http. I am looking something simila

Re: base floppy installation on i386 problem (newbie)

2000-08-19 Thread s. keeling
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:10:41PM -0700, Alexander Poquet wrote: > > hi, im installing (or trying to) potato on an older p100 > i have and everything was going well. i chose the Bizarre! I have never had a problem installing the base system, as long as I was using floppies I'd ensured were for

base floppy installation on i386 problem (newbie)

2000-08-19 Thread Alexander Poquet
hi, im installing (or trying to) potato on an older p100 i have and everything was going well. i chose the rescue floppy installation method (which i know isn't as convienient as with a CD) and had gotten to the point where it was time to install my base system. the first time i tried it

Re: Floppy installation problem

1996-11-22 Thread Daniel Stringfield
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Wes Jennings wrote: > aic7xxx: Downloading sequencer code...done > aic7xxx: Resetting the SCSI bus...done > NCR53c406a: no available ports found > aic7xxx: (aic7xxx_isr) Encountered spurious interrupt. > PPA: unable to initialise controller at 0x378, error 2 > scsi

Re: Floppy installation problem

1996-11-22 Thread Bruce Perens
Hm. I am uploading a 2.0.25 boot disk this evening (probably late). That might have a better Adaptec 28xx driver. The chip is detected just fine, the microcode that we load into the chip appears to be buggy. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTE

Floppy installation problem

1996-11-21 Thread Wes Jennings
is point. 7. I looked around for documents that may shed some light on this problem at ftp.debian.org, but haven't located anything to date. Left to my own resources, it seems the hardware port address for the SCSI controller is at 1C00h (see point 2 under HARDWARE), while the Debian floppy ins