[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, BRIAN SCHRAMM wrote: > > > I have a Slackware 2.0 system that has no capability of running a > > floppy or booting from the CD-ROM (Sound Blaster Pro16). I would like > > to update it to the newest (1.3) Debian release that I have so my main > > machine and my server (this machine) has the same system. Keeping in > > mind that I cannot boot off of anything but the hard drive (SCSI) how > > do I start the install? I do not have DOS on this machine at all. > > Hi Brian! > > AFAIK you need at least a bootable floppy drive *OR* a bootable CD-ROM > drive (such a thing is common in newer PCs) to install Debian GNU/Linux.
No, Debian can be installed without CD or floppy. All it requires is that you can boot a kernel and a ramdisk. With DOS, you could use Loadlin for that purpose. If you already have a Slackware installation, I guess you could configure LILO to boot the contents of the bootdisk from your harddrive. - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .