David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca> writes:
> Well, half effective...
> 
> boot-tiny will indeed boot the machine into sysinst, no more reboot.
> However, boot-tiny doesn't recognize the 2940i and thus no HD to
> install onto :-)

How much memory does your system have?

> I'm not sure of the process for using the boot1.fs and boot2.fs,
> when I boot the boot1.fs disk, after a bit (after the first two
> segment size numbers) it says 'read error: Input/output error'.
> Then it waits about 10s and then reboots.

The floppy you wrote to might be damaged.

> Are boot1 and boot2 meant to be used in some magical way I don't 
> know the secret for?

no. you just insert disk 1, and then, when it finishes reading, insert 
disk 2.

Perry