Re: 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 14:27:52 -0500
    
    

    At Tuesday, 30 December 2003, you wrote:

    >On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:17:28AM -0500, Debian User wrote:
    >> 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.
    >
    >This is how Jan does it: Boot off one of one of the Debian install
    CDs,
    >go for a shell, mount the Linux partition, do ``chroot <Linux partition

    >mountpoint>''. Voila, you have your system as if booted single-user.
    >
    >The diskette you ask for is on these CDs, or:
    >
    >Bootdisk:
    >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-

    >1.44/rescue.bin
    >Rootdisk--you'll be asked to insert this during the boot process:
    >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-

    >1.44/root.bin
    >To get it on the diskette under the crippled OS you've mentioned:
    >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/rawrite1.zip
    >Which to unzip:
    >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/unz512x3.exe
    >

    this all worked out very nicely ... thanks for your assistance!

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