thanks, but I can't install normally if I can't see the hard drive. The installer (any one of the flavors of installer, including bf24) doesn't see the harddrive on my 1750, so I need to install a driver at that point, I assume, in order to continue the installation. So, I can make it to step 2 of your steps, but not step 3. I have a driver, I just need to know how to make a disk that the installer will recognize to load it.
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Michael Martinell wrote: > Here is how I set up my Dell > Set up Debian 3.0r1 on Dell Poweredge 2400 > > 1. Insert Debian disk and boot from it. > 2. At boot: prompt type bf24 and press enter. > 3. Complete rest of install normally. Make sure to install the c > compiler. > 4. Download most current kernel. For this example it was 2.4.20 > 5. Copy kernel to /usr/src > 6. tar xzvf linux-2.4.20.tar.gz > 7. rm linux > 8. ln -s linux-2.4.20 linux > 9. ls -al (verify symbolic link you just created) > 10. cd /usr/src/linux > 11. make menuconfig > 12. Select your options in the menu > 13. Store configuration to file. This is your backup. > 14. make dep > 15. make clean > 16. make bzImage (ignore warning message) > 17. make modules > 18. make modules_install > 19. make install > 20. vi /etc/lilo.conf > 21. Verify settings are correct. > lilo.conf > Samba:/etc# more lilo.conf > # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', > # --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', > # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. > # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > # | !! Reminder !! | > # | | > # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this | > # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The | > # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image | > # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. | > # | | > # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > # Support LBA for large hard disks. > # > lba32 > # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS' > # harddisk order. Use with caution. > #disk=/dev/hde > # bios=0x81 > #disk=/dev/sda > # bios=0x80 > # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot > # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which > # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. > # > boot=/dev/sda > # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') > # > root=/dev/sda1 > # Enable map compaction: > # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single > # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the > # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when > # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default > # because it doesn't always work. > # > # compact > # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector > # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text > # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details > # > install=/boot/boot.b > # Specifies the location of the map file > # > map=/boot/map > # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines > # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must > # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a > # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append' > # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a > # standard default boot will not require one. > # > # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the > # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh', > # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization. > # > # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will > # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will > # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR > # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from > # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the > # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'. > # > # password=tatercounter2000 > # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should > # wait before booting the first image. > # > delay=100 > # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use > # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you > # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting > # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the > # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot > # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'. > # > # message=/boot/bootmess.txt > prompt > # single-key > # single-key > # delay=100 > # timeout=100 > # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>) > # > # vga=ask > # vga=9 > # > vga=normal > # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go > # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in > # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. > # > # append="ide2=0xd400,0xd002 ide3=0xcc00,0xc802 hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > # Boot up Linux by default. > # > default=Linux > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-x > label=Linux > read-only > # restricted > # alias=1 > image=/vmlinuz > label=OldLinux > read-only > # restricted > # alias=2 > # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the > # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to > # where your other OS' partition is. > # > # other=/dev/hda4 > # label=HURD > # restricted > # alias=3 > > 22. /sbin/lilo > 23. shutdown -r now > 24. cd /etc/network > 25. vi interfaces > 26. Verify the following. Make changes as required. > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.25 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.71 > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.0.26 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.71 > > 27. shutdown -r now > 28. > > -----Original Message----- > From: New Disorder Records [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: making a floppy for essential modules > > Hi, > I am trying to install debian on a dell poweredge, but I need drivers > for the hard drives and ethernet card. I have found the drivers, but I > have no idea how to put them on a floppy disk so that debian will see them > when I put the floppy in. I don't have other debian machines in the > office, so I have to make the floppies on a windows machine. Any advice > about how to put the drivers on a floppy so that debian will see them > would be greatly appreciated. > > Ernst Schoen-Rene, > HBL Industries. > > > -- New Disorder Records "The device is nearly complete Allah Akbar!" - www.newdisorder.com Pirx the Pilot: leading the way to a new generation of web design. www.pirxthepilot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]