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Topic: help on install, i dont have a cdrom bootable

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mazo_tux

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Posted: Sep. 04 2004,17:14

hi

i dont have a cdrom bootble and i want to install on my hd my pc is a 486 dx2 ciryx 20 ram hd 1 gb

i try to found a bios update but no, my bios es amibios trend, i check on their web and nothing

some of you can help me?

cbagger01

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Posted: Sep. 04 2004,17:41

Sure.

Follow the instructions to create a boot floppy. It worked well for versions older than 0.8.0 I have not tried it with version 0.8.0 yet.

You can still boot DSL even if your CDROM is not detected by the boot floppy.

You should do this:

Create the DSL CD-R (NOT a CD-RW disk) disk by using an ISO burn option like "File -> Burn Image" from Nero. Test your CD-R disk on a newer computer somewhere. You should also verify the ISO MD5SUM so that you did not get a corrupted download.

Create a DSL boot floppy. Verify that the boot floppy works by using it on a newer computer.

If the CD-R disk + boot floppy does not work on your 486 computer, then copy over the \KNOPPIX\ folder to your C:\ drive (this assumes that you have a C:\ drive that was formatted from DOS or Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 and that you have about 50MB of free space on the drive).

Then try the boot floppy again. It should detect the \KNOPPIX\ folder on your C:\ drive and use it like a Fake CD-ROM drive.

Since you have a small amount of RAM, you should probably create a swap file or swap partition once you are up and running in DSL. Search the forums for more details on how to do this.

Hope this helps.

mazo_tux

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Posted: Sep. 04 2004,18:30

thanks

i try to locate where can i create a dsl boot floppy but i cant find it,

please help

i am very new to dsl

pd i look at dsl faqs and there is a way "dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0" but it dont seem to work