Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:35:45 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Arggghhhh.....guess I wrote too soon.... A) Mandrake Saga: Defragged my hard as requested by Mandrake installer. Then tried installing again with 'pcmcia' boot disk as noted below in previous post. This time problems....when asked to select where to install from HD, CD, etc....I selected CD drive but now nothing happens...CD drive doesn't respond...;-( I got a message: 'gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file' in the installer window. Also saw message: Warning: mounting partition /dev/hda5 in directory /tmp/inspect_tmp_dir failed (invalid argument) Saw same message for hda7 as well.... Tried a few times, even remade boot disk...but no go... Very strange as to why things aren't working now after it seems I was so close to getting Mandrake installed??? B) VectorLinux 4.3 Saga: Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive.... Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy.... After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of text....at the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? ----------------------------------------------------- Thanks for everyone's continuing assistance. I hope this will be useful to others who might try to install Linux and save them the hours of aggravation I'm going through! Mark Frustrated Silicone Valley Libretterati Linux Installer on 10/16/04 3:47 PM, Mark Srebnik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:47:01 -0700 > From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I > > Thanks for your help Christian! > > on 10/16/04 11:41 AM, Christian Gennerat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:40:15 +0200 >> From: Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I > >> Oh you have either USB or PCMCIA >> is it a Frecom ? > > I have the EXP 2400P CDRW-DVD drive. I have both USB and PCMCIA cables for > it. > >> so you can boot with floppy using pcmcia.img >> I have installed all Mandrake versions with Freecom PCMCIA CD >> >> you boot with floppy. >> when install process begins, eject the floppy pcmcia card, >> and insert CD pcmcia card. that's all. > > OK, just tried using the pcmcia image to start with floppy and then ejected > it when CD started up... > > For the first time got past the 'Configuring PCMCIA Cards' install point!!! > > Had a problem with the partitioning...said my drive needed to be defragged > first...think I can take care of that by myself hopefully..... > > Will report back later... ;-) > > Thanks, > > Mark > > >> Mark Srebnik a écrit : >> >>> So I also tried connecting my CD drive with the PCMCIA cable and used the >>> command you wrote below. Same problem... > > > >
