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Topic: new user trying to install, HD install on P1 no CD boot option

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pvdvyve

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Posted: Mar. 21 2004,16:26

<Yes you are right I can boot from a floppy and then run DSL from the CD.
<So what are the command lines I need to format the drive? What file format should it be formated to (I'm getting rid of Windows)?
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Do this thing:
Apps-->Shells-->Bash
command like:
sudo cfdisk
you should see your partitions now
or your disks at least
remove old partitions and make a new one or several ones with the format system you want, for example ext2, make this partition bootable and write your partition table, these thing are not that problem.
after that you have to make certain to reread that partition table. At this point you may reboot as a possible solution to make that goal.
At this point you have your partition to write to.
Return to Apps-->Shells-->Bash
and give the next command:
sudo dsl-hdinstall
follow the instructions
I made setup on an 270Mb disk today and it worked fine.
I want to use that in another pc, but that!s not working as I thought.
Have fun...

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Greetings from pvdvyve "Belgium-Europe"
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pvdvyve

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Posted: Mar. 21 2004,17:05

Oh, about that not working in that other pc:
I had 2 disks in it, one with win95, I disconnected that one and made the DSL disk the only one, rebooted and woops, DSL running on my old Pentium from that 270Mb disk.
Isn't that fun...:D
The problem I now have is to make my serial mouse workin'.
I hope you can make yours running too.

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DD.22mar2004: just to find out: copied the knoppix dir right under c and booted with diskette--->yes indeed, DSL finds the image and starts up from /dev/hda1
It works... faster than from cd.
Just as cbagger01 said.
bye

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Greetings from pvdvyve "Belgium-Europe"
... just another Linux user ...

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