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Author: Blake Barnett
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Subject: How do you create an install floppy for CD install for DEBIAN 2.2r4
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install

I'm assuming you're installin Potato, if not, the same instructions
still apply for Woody, just the paths are different, for the floppy
images.

The whole document is useful, but see section 5.1 for specifics on boot
media.


On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 11:08, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> I suppose having only installed Redhat or Mandrake I figured Debian would
> also use rawrite with a *.img file to begin my installation.
> Unfortunately, I can't find such a file on the DEBIAN 3-cd set I downloaded
> and burned.
> The documentation on the cd's & online is more confusing than helpful.
> The writer seems to sway from rescue to install without regard to there
> being a difference.
> Can anyone help.
> And, yes, I know most systems today can boot from CD with the proper bios
> settings, but this system is old and doesn't provide this option.
>
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