[parisc-linux] Install from DDS Tape

Matt Taggart taggart at carmen.fc.hp.com
Fri Feb 20 18:44:44 MST 2004


Razvan Popescu writes...

> Hi,
>   I have an old HP 9000 model 715 at my work with HP-UX 10.2 and
>   I want to install Debian 3.0 for PA-RISC on it but it has ONLY
>   a dds tape drive (no cdrom, no floppy). My question is: Can I
>   install from tape?

Yes.

> How can I put the Debian ISO file on a dds and boot/install from that?

I'm not sure if dd'ing the ISO image will work. Just dd one of the 
installer lif images onto the tape.

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Matt Taggart        Linux and Open Source Lab
taggart at fc.hp.com   Hewlett-Packard




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