[Gllug] Debian floppy instal (was debian gateways)

[robin.c.smith at bt.com]

I would guess a cksum would do it:-

dd if=disk.iso of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 ;sync
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/onfloppy.iso bs=1024; sync

cksum disk.iso
cksum onfloppy.iso

and compare sums.

This is pure speculation and I haven't tested it but it seems logical enough

Robin

-----Original Message-----
From: George "F." Saxby [mailto:george.saxby at racc.ac.uk]
Sent: 31 January 2002 15:59
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: RE: [Gllug] Debian floppy instal (was debian gateways)




George F. Saxby
    Systems Engineer
       I.T.S. Team

>>> Bruce Richardson<itsbruce at uklinux.net> 01/31/02 01:27pm >>>
On 1/31/02, 1:14:42 PM, robin.c.smith at bt.com wrote regarding RE: [Gllug] 
Debian gateways:


> 13 floppies to get Debian installed from the network ( cable modem ), the
> box didn't have a CD-ROM drive.

Actually, you need a maximum of 5 for a network install: boot disk, 
rescue disk (root image) and 3 driver disks with kernel modules on.  If 
your machine has standard hardware in it (e.g. Intel Eepro nic) then you 
won't need anything off the driver disks, though it's best to play safe 
on that side. The boot image can download the base system (which is what 
you would otherwise use the other 10 (11 now) disks for) over the 
network.



I am havine been trying this and the problem I have found is finding
reliable floppy disks. I bought 2 boxes of Sony brand disks and 8 were
regarded by debian as unusable although they formatted with no errors under
windows as a check afterwards.
 Is there a way of checking floppies for errors under linux to stop this
chronic time wasting?

-- 

Bruce

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