I'm in the process of doing the same thing for an HP-DL360. Here is the websites I'm working off of: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200310/msg05875.html http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s -rescue-replace-kernel
I can't seem to get the kernel small enough to fit on a floppy. Setup is 4651 bytes. System is 1052 kB warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy. I'm still working on it so I can't provide much more help. GL If anyone has install floppies for dl-360/380 with cciss driver could you post a link. Thanks, Keith. > -----Original Message----- > From: New Disorder Records [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:38 PM > To: Michael Martinell > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: making a floppy for essential modules > > > 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] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
