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

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 12/31/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:27:36 -0600
To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>

    Syed Huq wrote:

    >Hi,
    >
    >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
    >
    >Current running Woody and would like to migrate to Sarge.
    >
    >I tried apt-get dist-upgrade but my /usr partition is not big enough.
    >So have to do a re-partition etc.
    >
    >So pls help ?
    >
    >- Rathon
    >
    >
    >
    >
    Do you have another machine you can test the CD with?

    If you have an older CD-ROM drive, it might not be able to read/boot
    from a burned CD.

    If you're lacking space in /usr, how is booting from a Sarge CD going to
    help? Are you planning on
    wiping/repartitioning/resizingpartitions/reinstalling, or what?

    If you have lots of space elsewhere, you can move a subdirectory of
    /usr, such as /usr/local or /usr/X11 to that empty space, and create a
    symlink to it, like so:

    # mv /usr/local /freespace
    # ln -s /freespace /usr/local

    This will free up some space on /usr. 

    -- 
Kent
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