[olug] Tom's Root Boot Disk and installing from a cd

[Don E. Kauffman]

Floppies are a lot cheaper that what they want for that upgrade --
that's for sure! I need to get some fresh floppies and then I should be
on the road to having a dual Debian/Windows 98 -- maybe even a triple
boot machine with Suse or BSD!  ;-) 

Thanks for all the responses!

Don 

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 16:46, Nate Rotschafer wrote:
> if you are unable to boot from the CD I recommend downloading the rescue, 
> root, and 4 driver disks and doing a net install...problem solved for the 
> price of 6 disks and a little bit of work...
> 
> Nate
> 
> 
> >From: "Don E. Kauffman" <dkauffman at tconl.com>
> >Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> >To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> >CC: dkauffman at tconl.com
> >Subject: Re: [olug] Tom's Root Boot Disk and installing from a cd
> >Date: 21 Apr 2003 14:00:45 -0500
> >
> >Thanks to everyone who responded! I appreciate the help. wnd will let
> >you know what happens.
> >
> >Don
> >
> >On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 12:06, Don E. Kauffman wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > The original subject of this post was about how to mount a cd under
> > > Tom's. I figured that out so now I'm wondering if any one has any
> > > helpful hints about installing from a cd under Toms. Here's the
> > > situation.
> > >
> > > I want to install debian on a computer. The bios on that computer simply
> > > does not allow a boot from the CDROM, I've checked the BIOS settings and
> > > I've also tried a different cdrom drive (thanks to Adamh) It's an Award
> > > Modular BIOS v4.51pg and I checked their Website. I downloaded a program
> > > that sent the current BIOS information into their tech support. Turns
> > > out they have an upgrade that would take care of the problem -- for
> > > $60.95!! I'm NOT inclined to pay that if I can get around it.
> > >
> > > I've examined the disk from debian and found a README that says I should
> > > be able to install from the cd without having it booted.but it doesn't
> > > say any more than that. If anyone has a clue on this I'd appreciate
> > > hearing it.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Don K.
> > >
> > >
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