Selecting 2.4 Kernel on Boot Floppy Debian Install

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo J Mauler
>...
> 
> So, whoops, its down to boot floppies to boot the install and read
> packages from the CD.
> 
> Its got a 56k modem.  How long would a Debian install at 56k (with a
> practical speed of 33.6k) take?  :)
> 
> Seriously, the CD in the laptop is not the problem, other than the CD
> won't boot.  Debian finds the packages on the CD just fine, it just
> doesn't seem to have a bf2.4 install boot disk so I can get the
> advantages of the 2.4 kernel, such as ext3 filesystems.
Is it possible that the bf2.4 is called something else?
Are you typing bf24 or bf2.4? You should be typing bf24 at the boot.
What about the tab key? Does that give you a list of boot options?
Isn't there a linux floppy boot, rather than a dos boot.bat?

Brian