I have downloaded and installed it, and set the TFTS service to run as a Manual start service. I don't know anything about TFTS service, but I found a program OpenTFTS at Sourceforge. I have been looking into trying a different way of net installing Debian, that bmike1 linked to 2 posts up.
That bootloader still presents me with a choice every time I boot up, to boot Windows XP or boot Windows XP (I am not sure why there are 2 options, I think I only set 1 up - I was just happy to have my computer boot again and never messed with the bootloader afterwards). I would really like for a new OS to re-write the MBR and boot sector as part of it's installation, leaving me with a simple, single OS boot experience afterwards. I managed to fix that by installing a new bootloader from the Ultimate Boot CD, which I made a copy of some time ago. IIRC at the time the PC would only boot with the floppy drive connected and that particular floppy inserted.
I ended up with a computer that would only boot into Syslinux and run Memtest86+, because the program had overwritten the bootsector on my hard drive. Last time I used it, I put Memtest86+ or some similar program, on a 3.5" floppy to run during a re-boot. I junked my USB floppy drive when I moved a few months ago (along with a lot of other stuff). I didn't think I would ever have a use for it again. My Bios gives 3 options for Boot drives with the term 'USB' in them (Floppy, ZIP, and CD), none of which facilitate booting from a thumbdrive - I have attempted all 3. Bootable USBs show up in the hard drive menu, rather than in the boot priority menu.Įdited by Al1000, 14 April 2015 - 08:28 AM. Have you tried looking for the bootable USB in the hard drive menu in the BIOS? That's how it works on my old motherboard. I would unplug the hard drive(s) in the other computer before plugging in the hard drive from the computer that Linux is going on, so that it's designated as sda during the install, which is what it will be when you put it back in the computer it belongs to (assuming it doesn't have more than one hard drive).Īnd the motherboard does not support booting from a thumb drive, One option would be to take the HDD out of the PC and hook it up to another PC then install Linux, And put the HDD back into the first PC.That would seem to be the easiest solution. I thought that Debian supported net install, but when I tried it, the install program kept asking for the location of the CD drive.When I used Debian's net install, I had to first of all install a "base system" which is an ISO of around 300 - 400MiB, then everything else is downloaded during installation.
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