[Malvern] Old machines.

[Keith Edmunds]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:14:29 +0000
Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com> wrote:

> I have been wondering how to get a working  Debian onto them.  Perhaps by
> removing the hard-drive,  and installing it on another machine,  and then
> returning it  ready loaded,  or perhaps by getting a cut-down Linux
> kernel  into a floppy,  and booting from that.

Either of those work. However, the easiest way is to create a Smart Boot
Manager floppy, boot that and then, in turn, boot the Debian CD.

See http://btmgr.webframe.org/

Keith

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