Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

2006-05-03 Thread Willie Wonka
:-) Secondly - Please try to keep the Subject the *same*, or if necessary only modify it by appending the text at the end of the line...e.g; If; Orig subject-- Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt Modified subject-- CCing how to - was Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt Others can

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Hi Daniel, I don't think I can really help you but here are some suggestions for your consideration: Daniel L. McGrew: I'm using outlook express as the newreader and it's not lists.debian.org or linux.debian.user... You will not make friends with many people, neither in mailing lists nor on

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Jochen Schulz wrote: [snip] Just by the way: this list is not moderated. Au contraire, mon ami. There are some list admins around here who do moderate. Not too long ago one made some threats about forcible unsubscription. Mike --

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Mike McCarty: Jochen Schulz wrote: Just by the way: this list is not moderated. Au contraire, mon ami. There are some list admins around here who do moderate. Not too long ago one made some threats about forcible unsubscription. This is not what I would call moderation, but thanks for

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Jochen Schulz wrote: Mike McCarty: Jochen Schulz wrote: Just by the way: this list is not moderated. Au contraire, mon ami. There are some list admins around here who do moderate. Not too long ago one made some threats about forcible unsubscription. This is not what I would call

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
On 2006-05-02, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Daniel L. McGrew wrote: snip Is there a way to view this mail-list via a news reader??? You can view the list via a news reader, but you can only post via email. I believe the name of the newsgroup is linux.debian.user, but you will have to

RE: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-02 Thread Daniel L. McGrew
Christian Songwriter/Singer) Experimental Section: http://mcgrew.no-ip.info -Original Message- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:32 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian DVD autostart Daniel L. McGrew wrote: I have both

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 05:28:05PM -0500, Daniel L. McGrew wrote: [...] on the floppy and that file sbm.bin was too large to copy to the floppy... also, I can't format the floppy... it mounts the floppy fine... it won't format any floppy... so far as I know, you can't format a mounted floppy.

Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

2006-05-02 Thread Daniel L. McGrew
Once I boot up with a floppy and get to a DOS prompt, what file or command do I use from the command prompt to get the Debian DVD (number one) to start installing on this computer??? These are the files on the DVD: Root directory: Folders: Debian

Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

2006-05-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Daniel L. McGrew wrote: Once I boot up with a floppy and get to a DOS prompt, what file or command do I use from the command prompt to get the Debian DVD (number one) to start installing on this computer??? SNIP DVD contents Most sincerely,

Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

2006-05-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 06:15:04PM -0500, Daniel L. McGrew wrote: Once I boot up with a floppy and get to a DOS prompt, what file or command do I use from the command prompt to get the Debian DVD (number one) to start installing on this computer??? First, have you read

Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-01 Thread Daniel L. McGrew
I have both Debian DVDs... However, I have a DELL Optiplex GX110 and it won't boot from a DVD... I can use a Win '98 boot floppy and get to a command prompt... once I do this, with CD-ROM support, I can see what's on the DVD... but, I can't get it to begin the installation... What

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Daniel L. McGrew wrote: I have both Debian DVDs... However, I have a DELL Optiplex GX110 and it won't boot from a DVD... I can use a Win '98 boot floppy and get to a command prompt... once I do this, with CD-ROM support, I can see what's on the DVD... but, I can't get it to begin the