On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 06:31:16PM -0600, matt garman wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Debian on an old 486 sx. From DOS, I put the Debian
> CD in the drive, then did a "d:\install\boot" and it loaded up the
> dbootstrap program as expected.
>
> The installation procedure works fine until I get
> Could the problem be the CD-ROM is some strange proprietary interface that
> the installer can't talk to?
>
yes, it could be. but that does not necessarily mean, that the installer
can't talk to it. you have to load the correct driver module by hand
(don't ask me how, i don't know debian). and d
Your CD-ROM could be the culprit. I believe that Debian works off of any
ATAPI compatible CD-ROM drive. With other distributions (Redhat) which I
used before, my computer would freeze if I started through DOS. Is there
any way you can boot directly from the CD-ROM in the BIOS setup program?
If
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