I am installing Debian GNU/Linux for Intel 486 from floppies, since the old computer I'm experimenting with doesn't have a CD-ROM drive.
I downloaded the following files so far: resc1440.bin resc1440tecra.bin drv1440.bin drv1440tecra.bin base14-1.bin to base14-7.bin rawrite2.exe I can find no reference as to what the "tecra" files are for. There seems to be only a reference to "the rescue disc." Along with all the docs I could find, I used rawrite to process the rescue files and driver files. Anyhow, I formatted my hard drive with a DOS startup disc. I then advanced with the Debian Linux setup procedure through partitioning the drive, using the rescue floppy only, which was made from resc1440.bin. I am now at the Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu. The highlighted line reads: Install Operating System Kernel and Modules ENTER select the medium you will use to install the system: /dev/fd0:First floppy drive. ENTER Please place the rescue floppy in the first floppy drive. (It still is) ENTER "Please wait.......installing the rescue floppy.... Then : Floppy Error! The attempt to extract the rescue floppy failed. Continue, ENTER. I am then taken back to the installation main menu. ENTER again asks me to Verify Filesystem Choice? "The following file systems are mounted, and will have the kernel, the modules and the base system installed to them: /dev/hda2 on / That's as far as I can go. I just keep repeating all procedures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Bud Lorch St. Thomas Ontario Canada