Booting linux from 2x 720k 3.5" disks

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2 total messages Started by Mark Purcell Tue, 04 Jan 1994 09:16

#201

Author: Mark Purcell
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 09:16

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Install linux on a machine which only has a 720k 3.5" disk drive.
I know for the major distributions you need a HD 3.5", but it must be
posible to either boot a Linux image using 2x720k disks or load
lilo into a hard disk without actually using the 1.44M Linux install
disk.

Any ideas?

Mark

Re: Booting linux from 2x 720k 3.5" disks

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Author: Anthony Rumble
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 12:06

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Mark Purcell (msp@scs.apana.org.au) wrote:
: Install linux on a machine which only has a 720k 3.5" disk drive.
: I know for the major distributions you need a HD 3.5", but it must be
: posible to either boot a Linux image using 2x720k disks or load
: lilo into a hard disk without actually using the 1.44M Linux install
: disk.

Yes.. it's quite possible..

copy the standard image to the first floppy
then make a root floppy on the second..

make sure you set the BOOT drive to /dev/fd0
and bobs your cousin twice removed.
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