Net install issue

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Net install issue
started by: iakudi

Posted by iakudi on Oct. 17 2005,23:51

Hi,

I'm trying to install DSL on my laptop (32MB, 1.4GB, FDD, PCMCIA Xircom LAN/Modem, also a USB Ethernet if I need). I am running Debian on this (t is so slow !!!)

Having copied the boot img to a floppy I reboot and everything seems to be ok until it searches my HDD, not find a copy of KNOPPIX and bombs out leaving me with about 4 options only !!

How can I get the boot image to work, pick up my Xircom PCMICIA and do the net install?

All help appreciated, please remember I am noob and therefore will require "idiot proof" instructions.

Anyone know how I can speed up Debian? I know this is not the place, but apologies...I can have lunch by the time Galeon loads and go for walk by the time Mozilla does !!

Ismail

Posted by //a4 on Oct. 18 2005,01:39

have you read this --> < installing dsl > (?)

help this (?)

Posted by iakudi on Oct. 18 2005,20:44

Thanks,this sound like a good place to start....

Can anyone tell me, as I a noobie and did not fully comprehend the finer detaills, after I have installed the frugal.sh how can get the full install done correctly? i.e. how do I get the live cd version of it installed?

Posted by AwPhuch on Oct. 18 2005,21:16

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/pdfdocs/FrugalHowto.pdf

Cant miss it!

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by iakudi on Oct. 18 2005,22:11

well I got the tom rtbt disk, booted up, managed to get my pcmcia card started and grab an IP address and have got hold of the frugal_lite.sh

now in the details is mentions

Now using fdisk create two linux partitions each large enough to hold DSL. I used 64MB to be safe. Could be smaller.
Format them by using:
mke2fs /dev/hda1
mke2fs /dev/hda2

HOW do I use fdisk to create the two partitions? Sorry for being ignorant but I have no idea, all I have done before using a menu based program was set up a swap space (128mb) and the rest pf my 1.4Gb as the othe drive for all my other stuff.

Can someone please advise me how to use fdisk and carry on following the instructions??

thanks

Posted by iakudi on Oct. 18 2005,23:44

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!

Somehow I got my DSL to work,....using the frugal_lite

I cant believe I managed to get this far, this is from someone who does not know his "ass from his elbow" (a very britsh saying for someone who is thick/stupid) regarding Linux....

I just have a few post install questions:

When I do df -h I get:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/ram0 3.0M 607.0k 2.4M 20% /
/dev/hda2 493.8M 48.7M 419.6M 10% /cdrom
/dev/clopp 115.7M 115.7M 0 100% /KNOPPIX
/ramdisk 21.4M 652.9k 20.8M 3% /ramdisk

(I still have my Debian installed somewhere here as I am missing the other half of his disk)
to keep things simple I wanted just a single SWAP partition of 128MB and the rest I was happy to have for everything else, as I am happy to keep everything together.

Can someone please tell me I can do this? I was tempted to re-do my laptop but format the whole disk but then I was not sure what partitions to use and how...