Re: Installation Questions

From: Edward S. Baiz Jr. (edbaizjr_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/30/05 

Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:13:24 +0400 (MET DST)

>I will probably not be able to answer the question, but I think that I
>understand clearly enough what you really want to do:
>You want to install Debian m86k on a new hard disk. Correct?

Correct...

>I don't know from where you got this ramdisk or the program to start Linux
>(you didn't tell me), but why don't you just go to the Debian site,
>download a boot medium, and install it the normal way?
>Yours,
>Laurenz Albe

I downloaded the Ram disk from the Debian site along with the program that
boots from Ram disk (bootstra.prg). I can see just why you are confused. I
wanted to see some screenshots of Debian Sarge and I found this great site
that has all the shots of the installation and workings of Sarge. On a PC the
CD rom disk can be booted on start up and takes you right into the
installations screens. On my Atari clone, that cannot be done on start up (at
least to my knowledege anyway). The Ram disk I downloaded has all of the
installation process inside it and can only be started from my desktop. Once I
 get the CD set for M68k computers, I am going to try to boot the first CD in
 the set (from my desktop) and see if that works. 

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