Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-04 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 11:43:18PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Any other ideas? I would really like floppy booting to work since I can make those on my 486. Floppy booting is suffering from the size of recent Linux kernels. I believe that it works for Debian 3.1, but don't quote me on

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-04 Thread dtutty
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip. I don't

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-03 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip. I don't anticipate etch shipping with floppy images, since the changes

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-03 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip. you can test

install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-02 Thread dtutty
Hello, I've tried searching the archives for this but am still unclear. My main computer (P-II) died suddenly. I have backups so that's ok. I got my old computer (486) running (so I can send this email and carry on with life) but it cant' run my CD burner and with an ISA bus, it can't do USB.