[CLUE-Tech] I give up

[Mike Staver]

Yeah, I'm in the part of the debian install now where I thought I was
smarter than I am :)  I choose the advanced install via a text screen,
and man, I'm not having fun doing this, but I think I'll eventually get
it and I'm looking forward to try apt-get!

Dave Anselmi wrote:
> 
> Mike Staver wrote:
> 
> > After the bios update, I now have SRM!  Woo hoo!  Now I think I can
> > figure out how to boot the debian cd, and start installing linux if I'm
> > lucky.... now if I could only get that larger drive to work...
> 
> If you can't boot the CD (because it isn't the bootable Debian ISO - if it were it
> should boot fine), I'm sure you can boot the boot floppies (you probably only need
> the install and root ones, not drivers 1 or 2).
> 
> BTW, you can boot Linux off ARC but you have to use MILO (as opposed to aboot,
> which is easier IMO).  Jef Barnhardt posted how to do that, in December I think.
> But no need now that you're headed the right direction.
> 
> You also have an 'avanti' architecture machine, but in Debian I think that just
> means generic (as opposed to jensen or the other wierd one).
> 
> Dave
> 
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