[linux-help] Re: Debian 2.2 from non-bootable CD-ROM

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> OK, this is probably something covered in the doc/ dir, and I missed it., but
> is there a way to install Debian (without lots of floppies) from a CD-ROM that
> is not bootable?

Along with the other ways suggested, you could boot with a dos floppy that has
the CD drivers and run the boot.bat file that's in the /install directory.(IIRC)
Essentially it runs loadlin and sets the root to a ram disk. Or you could build
regular boot floppies from either a Linux box or a Dos box.  Using
boot.bat/loadlin.exe will get around some weird bios problems I've seen in some
GW2000 machines. (Like those 486SX machines that Jon sold us...)

--dwh

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