debian distro on a floppy

From: Debian User (debian-user_at_zerocrossings.com)
Date: 12/30/03

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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:17:28 -0500

    previously, i had a working system w/ linux on /dev/hdc and windblows
    on /dev/hda. since my bios didn't allow me to boot from /dev/hdc,
    i had to use a boot disk to get to boot linux. i upgraded the kernel
    and proceeded to make a new boot disk. well, like a dumba$$, i didn't
    ensure i was using a new floppy and overwrote my old bootdisk. to
    make matters worse, i did not properly generate a root filesystem
    on the floppy so now the kernel panics during the boot process.

    years ago, when trying to fix a hdd problem, i came across floppy
    images that had all things necessary to run from a floppy. my hope
    is i can move the linux drive to /ved/hda, boot/run w/ one of these
    images, change lilo.conf to reflect /dev/hda (right now, that disk
    reflects /dev/hdc ... kinda useless), run lilo, and reboot. after
    this, i will recreate a boot disk and hopefully not mess up the root
    filesyetem information.

    does anyone have a HOWTO or image to recommend? i will continue to
    google looking for it in the meantime. 

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