[Techtalk] debian vs ibm

[Dominik Schramm]

Hi again,

On 12/12/2003 07:17 PM, Dominik Schramm wrote:

>1.
>* Compile a monolithic kernel with everything in it that your hardware 
>requires.
>* Make a boot floppy with this kernel (with root file system on extra 
>floppy)
>* Take the root.bin disk image from some Debian CD
>* Reboot from floppy and the second disk root.bin will start the 
>installation
>   (you can install via ftp, e.g.)
>  
>

almost forgot the obvious:
at some point during the installation before the first reboot
or after the first reboot (from floppy disk again, supplying the
argument root=/dev/sda?? to lilo) copy the kernel (and for method
2, the modules) from floppy disk to your hard disk and configure
lilo accordingly.

dominik