Re: Another newbie hits a roadblock
- From: "Mr Sneeze" <nerdzaregay@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Jan 2006 20:26:28 -0800
Randy Day wrote:
> I've got an older pentium machine with a clean 200meg
> (not gig) hard drive and no CD-ROM. I want to install
> some version of Linux on the drive, but I've run into
> some problems.
Oh goodie... Problem solving is JUST what we do here......
> I chose Debian (pretty much at random), and d/l'd the
> rescue.bin, root.bin, driver*.bin files and rawrite.exe.
First mistake. Debian sucks. Next.
> Then I discovered that I can't actually write to a
> floppy properly. rawrite returns a disk error.
I already told you. Debian sucks.
> What I *can* do is boot the machine under Windows,
> install Linux (somehow) on the clean drive, then remove
> the Windows drive; I don't want a dual-boot system here.
Oh, so now you gotta bring WINDOWS into it huh? Think fancy-shmancy
Windows is better than Linux??? Huh? Well if you "*can*" do it in
Windows, then DO IT IN WINDOWS and GO AWAY.
> I've done some reading on debian.org and other places,
Apparently not enough.
> but can't seem to find the right piece of the puzzle.
Im not surprised. Youre a dolt Windows user.
> Everyone seems to assume a floppy boot or a CD-ROM.
> How can I make the HD a bootable one straight off?
>
> Any pointers?
Oh yea... I got two of em for ya...
Sincerely,
Your friendly, helpful linux community
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