Re: [PLUG] Re: [PLUG]Debian install WAS RH EOL

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Hi Jon,

I think that creating a floppy disk system might be in order for your needs:

start with cd 1
you will find a directory
/cdrom/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/bf2.4/

ls -l reveals:
total 8659
- -r--r--r--    5 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 driver-1.bin
- -r--r--r--    5 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 driver-2.bin
- -r--r--r--    5 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 driver-3.bin
- -r--r--r--    5 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 driver-4.bin
- -r--r--r--   11 root     root        16984 2002-05-16 01:29 kernel-config
- -r--r--r--    9 root     root         1308 2002-05-16 01:29 README.txt
- -r--r--r--    5 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 rescue.bin
- -r--r--r--    9 root     root      1474560 2002-05-16 01:28 root.bin
- -r--r--r--    1 root     root          425 2002-12-18 19:33 TRANS.TBL

you will need to use either dd or cp to copy these disk images to floppies:

cp rescue.bin /dev/fd0
 or
dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024

After the floppies are made then boot the system.  You will need a 
minimum of the rescue and the root disks.  I have found that making the 
driver floppies was helpful.

Hope that this helps.




Jon Nelson wrote:
> John McElroy said:
>
> > I've always pressed F2 for Options which tells you how to select bf2.4
> > kernel.  I 'think' you need to type "linux bf2.4" not just "bf2.4" but
> > the F2 screen does provide the exact wording to enter at the prompt.
>
>
> There is still no joy in Mudville.
>
> This morning I tried booting with disk 5 and it couldn't find my raid.  I
> did some reading in the installation manual and found that the current
> boot kernel has a known problem with AIC7xxx-based SCSI cards, which mine
> is.  It states that if you use the "aic7xxx=no_probe" boot argument it
> should fix the problem "in some cases".  At the boot: I typed "linux
> aic7xxx=no_probe" without the quotes and got the same results.
>
> This is very frustrating.  Any ideas?
>
> Jon
>
>
> > Sarod Yatawatta wrote:
> >
> >
> > > If use boot from cd 4 or 5 you will get bf2.4
> > >
> > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jon Nelson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Stephen Gran said:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I know that one of the install cds contains multiple kernel versions -
> > > > > there it is.  cd 1 is supposed to be a multi-boot cd - there is some
> > > > > option (f2?) to list the various boot parameters when you get the boot:
> > > > > prompt.  Choose the bf2.4 kernel, and you'll install a 2.4 kernel
> > > > > ,which
> > > > > I'm fairly sure contains the driver for that card.
> > > >
> > > > I looked throughout the help on both CDs and couldn't find how I could
> > > > boot to another kernel.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > HTH, and sorry that's not a more specific answer - I haven't had to
> > > > > reinstall in a _long_ time.  One of the things I love about Debian :)
> > > > > --
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> > > > > |  Stephen Gran                  | f u cn rd ths, u r prbbly a lsy
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