Re: [LUG] A debian diary

[Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Basically booting from cd rom is not a bios option. It is a AST Bravo  
MS 5166.

So I presume the boot disk, boots and the root disk loads the kernel or  
something like that? The rest of Debian I can get from the cd rom? I  
downloaded the iso that Tony suggested. i.e.  
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/ 
sarge-i386-netinst.iso.

The reason I need the network card is so that I can connect to a router  
(Netgear 834g). There is no reason this machine won't go broadband is  
there?

Interestingly I can max Ram out to 256mb. I already have 64mb so I  
might go looking for Ram chips. Anybody know of a supplier?

Rich
www.littlebigfoot.org.uk
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing  
good news." Isaiah 52 v 7 (The Message)

On 23 Nov 2004, at 23:02, Grant Sewell wrote:

> It won't boot from the CD?  Any reason?  Non-supported drive (eg  
> non-bootable scsi controller)?
>
> If you use SmartBootManager (sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr), then you  
> will only need the CD drive to be accessible.
> If you plan to use the Debian boot floppies, then you will need 2  
> floppies - a boot and a root disk.
>
> Grant.
> -


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