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- LAUNCHING THE OPENLINUX INSTALLATION FROM A DISKETTE August 1999
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- This document explains how to launch the OpenLinux installation with a
- diskette. This is useful when you do not have a bootable CD-ROM drive.
-
- This file contains the following:
-
- - Contents of This Directory
- - Creating Install and Modules Diskettes
- - Installation Instructions
-
-
- Contents of This Directory
- ==========================
-
- - READMEus.txt - This file
-
- - install.144 - Install disk image for a 1.44 MB diskette
-
- - install.bat - DOS batch file that runs rawrite.exe with install.144
-
- - modules.144 - Modules disk image for a 1.44 MB diskette
-
- - modules.bat - DOS batch file that runs rawrite.exe with modules.144
-
- - rawrite.exe - Program for copying the install and modules images
- to a diskette
-
- - rawrite.pif - Window's pif file for the Windows setup diskette
- create process.
-
- Creating Install and Modules Diskettes
- ======================================
- To create OpenLinux(TM) install and modules diskettes, follow these steps:
-
- Creating an Install Diskette
- ----------------------------
-
- To create an install diskette, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert a blank 1.44 MB diskette in the diskette drive.
-
- 2. Do one of these:
-
- - From an OpenLinux command line, type
-
- dd if=install.144 of=/dev/fd0 <Enter>
-
- - From a DOS command line, run the "RAWRITE" utility in the
- "col\launch\floppy" directory on this OpenLinux CD, and then
- follow the prompts for transferring the "install.144" file to
- the diskette, or run "install.bat".
-
- - From Windows, insert the CD (if autorun.inf does not start up
- a menu then run "winsetup\setup.exe"), go to the Install
- Product / Create Install Diskettes menu and follow the
- instructions.
-
- 3. Label the diskette.
-
- NOTE: For an updated installation image, see Caldera Systems' Web site.
-
-
- Creating Modules Diskette
- -------------------------
- To create a modules diskette, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert a blank 1.44 MB diskette in the diskette drive.
-
- 2. Do one of these:
-
- - From an OpenLinux command line, type
-
- dd if=modules.144 of=/dev/fd0
-
- - From a DOS command line, run the "RAWRITE" utility in the
- "col\launch\floppy" directory on this OpenLinux CD, and then
- follow the prompts for transferring the "modules.144" file to
- the diskette, or run "modules.bat".
-
- - From Windows, insert the CD (if autorun.inf dos not start up
- a menu then run "winsetup\setup.exe"), go to the Install
- Product / Create Install Diskettes menu and follow the
- instructions.
-
- 3. Label the diskette.
-
- NOTE: For an updated installation image, see Caldera Systems' Web site.
-
-
- Installation Instructions
- =========================
- To install OpenLinux with the install diskette you created, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert the Install diskette.
-
- 2. Turn on (or re-start) your computer and then follow the prompts.
-
- For details on installing OpenLinux, see the "Getting Started Guide."
-
-