Install using the win 98 bootable floppy

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Install using the win 98 bootable floppy
started by: joaoo

Posted by joaoo on Mar. 19 2005,11:56

My old pentium does not have cdrom boot in bios. How I install DSL using the bootable floppy of win98?

Posted by plastik on Mar. 19 2005,12:44

you don't use your old windows floppy boot disk. You download the new boot.img for DSL and rawrite it to a floppy.

note: rawrite - google it to find

Posted by noordinaryspider on Mar. 19 2005,14:15

I use rawrite32, which has an easy GUI interface for us n00bs.

:P

What you want to do is drag the Knoppix folder into your drive C (NOT program files or any other subfolder of drive C) so that you have C: knoppix(folder)>knoppix(file).

Then you put the boot floppy you created with rawrite32 from the image you downloaded from the dsl site into your floppy drive and reboot.

What you have will be essentially the same as if you were running off a CD; this has its advantages, as you get a fresh start with every boot and can't really do anything to hurt your system.

As far as installing to your hard drive so that you can save files, myDSL extensions, etc.....well....I'm just starting to work on that one myself so I'll have to get back to you.

HTH

Posted by Constantino_ on Mar. 19 2005,14:49

Wer i can find boot.img i cant find it in a web DSL

mi 486 havt boot from CD... :`(

Posted by noordinaryspider on Mar. 19 2005,15:12

< Right here >

Actually, the download link is on the second post of the thread; I couldn't figure out how to repost it.

I'm such a dork.

<cringe>