Re: How to boot from Sarge CD#1 if BIOS does not support booting from CD

From: Syed Huq (rathon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/31/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:12:13 -0800
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    The ./install/floppy dir has some .img file.
    I do not have a floppy drive.
    So still not sure how to run the installer...

    Isn;t there any type of a .bat file I could run to envoke the installer ?

    - Rathon

    On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:08:44 -0500, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:
    > Syed Huq wrote:
    > > I have downloaded the .iso image of Sarge CD#1. Even though I have set
    > > the first boot device to boot from is my CD-Drive(in my BIOS setting).
    > > It is not booting from CD-Drive.
    > >
    > > I went to the ./install dir of this CD#1 and cannot see any files I
    > > can run to make it boot from the CD-Drive or how to start this CD#1 ?
    > > My CD-Drive is /dev/hdd
    >
    > The instatllation manual explains how to boot the installer from
    > floppies, which are located on the CD.
    >
    > --
    > see shy jo
    >
    >
    >

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