Re: debian install withouth cdrom boot

2006-01-24 Thread Alain M. Lafon
Hey there, > i'm want to install debian on a very old system (pentium 1),but the bios does > not support cdrom boot. > how can i install debian ? Just search for Debian "Potato". This revision of Debian was stable before Woody(the predecessor to Sarge) came out. IIRC it was available on 7 FDDs o

Re: debian install withouth cdrom boot

2006-01-24 Thread gcrimp
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:57:35PM +0100, Alessandro Pluchino wrote: > hi all, > > i'm want to install debian on a very old system (pentium 1),but the bios does > not support cdrom boot. > how can i install debian ? Smart boot manager on a floppy. It's worked well for me on machines that won't

Re: debian install withouth cdrom boot

2006-01-24 Thread Alexander Bernauer
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:57:35PM +0100, Alessandro Pluchino wrote: > how can i install debian ? Depending on what is already installed on the system you might be able to debootstrap your new Debian. hth -- Alexander Bernauer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: debian install withouth cdrom boot

2006-01-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:30:10PM -0500, Derek The Monkey Wueppelmann wrote: > On Tue, 2006-24-01 at 18:57 +0100, Alessandro Pluchino wrote: > > hi all, > > > > i'm want to install debian on a very old system (pentium 1),but the > > bios does not support cdrom boot. > > how can i install debian

Re: debian install withouth cdrom boot

2006-01-24 Thread Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann
On Tue, 2006-24-01 at 18:57 +0100, Alessandro Pluchino wrote: > hi all, > > i'm want to install debian on a very old system (pentium 1),but the > bios does not support cdrom boot. > how can i install debian ? There should still be support for floppy disk installation. The Net Install CD should h