progeny debian install

[inktoast]

i'v having a problem getting progeny debian to install on my system, i created a linux boot disk ussing rawwritewin.exe in the dosutils folder on the mandrake 8 cd. when i try to boot the progeny cd using the bootdisk i made off of the mandrake 8 cd it starts up the mandrake 8 install. I tryed to make a new bootdisk for progeny in linux, but when i click on rawwrite.exe on either the mandrake 8 cd or the progeny debian cd it wont work. please help. :confused: :confused:

[td]

First try to boot directly off the CD. Debian supports this so Progeny Debian should also. Just go into your bios and enable it.
I've never had to make a install boot disk because I always install off the CD.

[bdl]

Well, of course, the mandrake bootdisk you create is going to want to install mandrake.

Now, the other part of the post I'm not quite clear on is this; are you trying to run a DOS application like rawrite.exe under linux? This won't work, and in fact is totally unnecessary. If you're aready in linux, create the bootdisk with the dd command like so:

prompt$ dd if=/path/to/imagename of=/dev/fd0 bs=1b

...and the boot floppy image will be duplicated on the floppy.

If you're asking where to find the appropriate images, take a look at your Progeny install CD. They will more than likely be on there in a dir named 'images-1.44' or similar.

Another thought; are you sure you even need boot floppies? I mean, perhaps your system can boot vis CDROM, in which case just pop the CD in and reboot. You may have to adjust your BIOS boot sequence in order for this to work. Might be worth looking into, certainly save some time.

If you want to use rawrite.exe under Windows, you'll have to drop to a command line shell and use the command (example)

C:\path\to\rawrite C:\path\to\imagename a:

...which basically has the same effect, creating a boot floppy for you. Make sure you have a blank floppy in the drive before you issue either of those commands! Luck!

[inktoast]

i cant get into my bios because i brain farted the key to press to open it up.... any help? :(

[td]

Press the del key when the computer is just starting up to get into bios.
I have also found that on some bioses that if you press esc instead of del that you will go to a menu to select which device to load from. eg hardrive, cd, disk.

[ASCI Blue]

*beats his head against a wall* Is it really THAT hard to READ what your screen says to which key to press? It says on POST.

[inktoast]

i couldn't see what key to press because of some stupid advertisment that intel has on my computer at start up that says its chip was made by intel.

UPDATE: i got progeny installed finally, and now i have a new problem. i cant seem to find KPPP anywhere or any other internet dialer. i was hoping someone could tell me where it is hiding so i can get my new debian box up and running happily.

Thanks to eveyone who helped me get this working, i wouldn't know what to do without people like you guys.

[Rob 'Feztaa' Park]

Just a comment on the bios there (this is in defence of inktoast)... not all comps actually display any information before loading windoze...

my mom's computer, for example, will not display any bios information whatsoever before loading windows. It just displays a big ugly "IBM Aptiva" graphic, then dumps the user into windows. There's no bios menu, no nothing. It really is a crap computer, I hate it.

[marx]

bad news, bud! Your modem is most likely a win modem, sorry.

[inktoast]

its not a winmodem, i know that for shure #1 because its a hardware modem and #2 it works just fine in KDE, the only thing i need to get online is some type of internet dialer like KPPP someone mentioned GPPP but i cant find it anywhere, maby i missed installing something i should of when i was installing it. Hell i dont know. Someone throw me a freakin' bone here....

[Rob 'Feztaa' Park]

load up your favorite RPM manager (I like kpackage)... be sure to tell it where your install directory of RPMs is, so it can scan your install RPM directory and compare it to your installed RPMs. Then it will tell you what packages you do and don't have installed.

After that, look around and install KPPP or GPPP or whatever you want.