Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
sorry about the post being in the past.. my clock was messed up On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 16:07, gerrynjr wrote: > Well, I can't help with the scsi cdrom boot problem, but users with IDE > cdrom drives and systems that can't boot directly from cd can use the > image on bug 19548 > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19548 > > I hope that helps you guys out. > > > On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:57, Brian Hall wrote: > > To this request, I'd like to add that I could use a Gentoo boot > > floppy(s) that have good PCMCIA support. I have an old NEC Versa 6030H > > with floppy & a PCMCIA 10MB ethernet, but no CDROM. > > > > I tried various boot floppies, and most of them locked up when I tried > > to bring up the 3c589D PCMCIA card. I've ordered a laptop HDD to desktop > > HDD converter to get around this (install on desktop, then stick drive > > back in laptop), but I'm sure good boot floppies to avoid this would be > > useful for others. > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > > Hi there > > > > > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like > > > to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > > > somewhere that I can get started? > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
On Saturday 21 June 2003 11:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like to > try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image somewhere that > I can get started? > > Thanks > -- > Bjarke Bruun - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >__ _ > / / (_)__ __ __ > / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a > //_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . . > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Have a look at bug 19548, it's a Gentoo boot floppy. -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
Hi, Nachricht vom Samstag, 21. Juni 2003, 20:52:36: > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like to try > Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image somewhere that I can > get started? http://www.toms.net/rb/ Timo -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 08:35:43PM +, Florian Huber wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > wrote: > > > Hi there > > > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd > > like to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > > somewhere that I can get started? > > You could boot _any_ linux distribution that fits on a single floppy > as long as it has networking support. There is nothing special about > the gentoo live cd - it is just a kind of rescue cd with a gentoo > splash image ;) > > Just google (www.google.com/linux) for an one-disk distribution or > search on ibiblio.org. > My recommendation: tomsrtbt (Tom's Root Boot - never leave home without it :) ). > Remember, you need networking support and support for the file system > you want gentoo to run with (ext2/3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, ...). I would > suggest starting with ext2 and convert it later on to ext3 (tune2fs). Or you could use whatever operating system you already have installed to download the tarball, if you can't get networking up with the single-floppy-linux (tomsrtbt worked for me, but I had a cable modem, and now I have PPPOE ADSL). As for ext3 - that's what I use, but people say its performance is horrible when compared to other file systems... is that true? -- Tactless "If it wasn't for fog, the world would run at a really crappy framerate." This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hi there > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd > like to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > somewhere that I can get started? You could boot _any_ linux distribution that fits on a single floppy as long as it has networking support. There is nothing special about the gentoo live cd - it is just a kind of rescue cd with a gentoo splash image ;) Just google (www.google.com/linux) for an one-disk distribution or search on ibiblio.org. Remember, you need networking support and support for the file system you want gentoo to run with (ext2/3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, ...). I would suggest starting with ext2 and convert it later on to ext3 (tune2fs). HTH Florian Huber -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
Well, I can't help with the scsi cdrom boot problem, but users with IDE cdrom drives and systems that can't boot directly from cd can use the image on bug 19548 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19548 I hope that helps you guys out. On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:57, Brian Hall wrote: > To this request, I'd like to add that I could use a Gentoo boot > floppy(s) that have good PCMCIA support. I have an old NEC Versa 6030H > with floppy & a PCMCIA 10MB ethernet, but no CDROM. > > I tried various boot floppies, and most of them locked up when I tried > to bring up the 3c589D PCMCIA card. I've ordered a laptop HDD to desktop > HDD converter to get around this (install on desktop, then stick drive > back in laptop), but I'm sure good boot floppies to avoid this would be > useful for others. > > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > Hi there > > > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like > > to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > > somewhere that I can get started? > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
To this request, I'd like to add that I could use a Gentoo boot floppy(s) that have good PCMCIA support. I have an old NEC Versa 6030H with floppy & a PCMCIA 10MB ethernet, but no CDROM. I tried various boot floppies, and most of them locked up when I tried to bring up the 3c589D PCMCIA card. I've ordered a laptop HDD to desktop HDD converter to get around this (install on desktop, then stick drive back in laptop), but I'm sure good boot floppies to avoid this would be useful for others. On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hi there > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like > to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > somewhere that I can get started? -- http://www.pcisys.net/~brihall Linux Consultant Happiness is a warm DSL modem. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Where can I get a floppy bootdisk/image?
Hi there I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like to try Gentoo so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image somewhere that I can get started? Thanks -- Bjarke Bruun - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ _ / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a //_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . . -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
