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Re: [PLUG] Re: [PLUG]Debian install WAS RH EOL
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LeRoy,
I don't think this went through the last time I sent it...
Thanks for the help I will try it when I get back to my office.
Looking at it on paper, I'm not sure how it would help me. Maybe it will
be clearer when I try the install.
Jon
LeRoy Cressy said:
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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 :)
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>| Stephen Gran | f u cn rd ths, u r prbbly a lsy
>>>>>>spllr.
>>>>>>|
>>>>>>| steve@lobefin.net |
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>>>>>
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