Linux floppy installation

noparking247 · 07-04-2004, 02:55 PM

I'm trying to install Slackware Linux 9.1 on an old 133 w/ 16 RAM to act as a SSH / HTTP server. Unfortunately, I can't install from the network, or from the CD. I can boot from a floppy and start the installation.
I tried copying the /slackware/ directory onto a second hard drive, and told the installer the installation files were on a FAT32 partiton on /dev/hdb -- with no luck.

I tried cfdisk /dev/hdb and it gave me an error.

How would I install from hdb or make floppies for a complete floppy install?

Thanks

slackMeUp · 07-04-2004, 11:49 PM

The compeat floppy install would be to many floppies anyone in their right mind should have to think about.

Does it not have a CD rom drive? It does not need to boot from the CD rom drive to install from it. You can boot from install floppies and install off the CDs.

herrw · 08-20-2004, 07:30 AM

Hi !
What you can do if you've got a CD-Rom drive on the computer, is plug the hard drive in an other computer, and dd the 2.88 boot floppy image to it !
this goes (if the HD is hdb) : dd if=/path/to/2.88/boot.img of=/dev/hdb
Just put the HD back into the computer where you want to install, and boot... You've never seen a floppy go that fast, and you can start your install without any worries : everything on the "floppy" is put into the RAM, so don't worry about partitionning !
I hope that'll help!

nycace36 · 08-20-2004, 09:00 AM

If you have a parallel-port Zip drive (i..e. Iomega's), you may wish to check out Slackware 9.1 zipslack installation. For the target PC you are describing, no CD-ROM drive (on target system) is really required for this install. See http://www.slackware.com/zipslack/ for info and http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/...-9.1/zipslack/
for ibiblio zipslack9.1 download.

nycace36