Re: olivetti pcs 42P
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 03:54:20PM +, gonzalo Fernandez _ Peindo Diaz wrote: > hello i need help about of my computer olivetti pcs 42P because when y start > it > > When I turn it on it leads me to a paguine that tells me that I have to > insert a disk with drivers I have a bag full of floppy disks of that type are > drivers of windows 95 well there are manyisimos the case is that I have tried > them all and everyone tells me That are not bleats or not reads nothing so I > would like that if you can help me since I do not know much this world of > informatic > > > PS: I do not know anything about how to use this computer since my > grandfather gave it to me and since he did not know how to use it, he was > raising dust because of its disuse (How old are your floppies?) Actual Debian OS won't accept your time honoured hardware: 486 CPU. For embarking on a retro-pioneering achievement, you may take a look at URLs like: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/03/msg02535.html
olivetti pcs 42P
hello i need help about of my computer olivetti pcs 42P because when y start it When I turn it on it leads me to a paguine that tells me that I have to insert a disk with drivers I have a bag full of floppy disks of that type are drivers of windows 95 well there are manyisimos the case is that I have tried them all and everyone tells me That are not bleats or not reads nothing so I would like that if you can help me since I do not know much this world of informatic PS: I do not know anything about how to use this computer since my grandfather gave it to me and since he did not know how to use it, he was raising dust because of its disuse
debuser- Debian on Olivetti PCS 42P
Hello, I'm trying to install debian on an old Olivetti computer. It has no network access but a quad speed cd-rom. But this this cd (Panasonic CR-562) uses a strange controllercard and therefore I can't boot of the cd. I have tried floppies but the computer only halts with the message 'Boot failed'. Since floppies seems to be the only alternative for me to get the base system on the computer so I can compile and install the correct driver for the cd I was just wondering if anybody know how to solve this. The computer only has a i486 50MHz, 200Mb harddrive, 16Mb RAM and windows 95 right now. Best regards Johan __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: debuser- Debian on Olivetti PCS 42P
Johan Andersson wrote: Hello, I'm trying to install debian on an old Olivetti computer. It has no network access but a quad speed cd-rom. But this this cd (Panasonic CR-562) uses a strange controllercard and therefore I can't boot of the cd. I have tried floppies but the computer only halts with the message 'Boot failed'. Since floppies seems to be the only alternative for me to get the base system on the computer so I can compile and install the correct driver for the cd I was just wondering if anybody know how to solve this. The computer only has a i486 50MHz, 200Mb harddrive, 16Mb RAM and windows 95 right now. Probably, the floppies are your best bet, still. The Linux floppy format is not as robust as the DOS system though, I don't exactly understand why, but it has something to do with tolerating bad floppy media (I think the Linux system assumes perfect media -- no bad sectors). Anyway, you have to pick really good disks: probably buy new ones, and not bulk. Another thing you can do is take your existing disks, and run chkdsk (from DOS) on them -- only select disks that have no bad sectors. Then use rawrite and follow the instructions for creating your rescue disk and base-system install disks. Of course, if the disk drive is actually bad, there's nothing you can do but replace it. Test this by trying to boot your Debian Rescue floppy on another computer (assuming you can get access to one). It won't overwrite your system so long as you stop it after the startup message comes up. I'm also assuming you don't have a problem with the BIOS letting you boot off of the floppy. On my system, the BIOS menu lets you determine which drives are tried for booting. If you were booting off the hard drive, I'm assuming your Windows would come up, or it would be otherwise obvious that it wasn't trying to boot off of the floppy. You might want to check the Linux hardware HOWTOs to make sure that drivers exist for your CD drive since you say it's unusual (and a proprietary interface). Actually being able to boot from CD is also a function of your BIOS as well as the drive, of course. Most 486 BIOS's can't do it. Nicely, Debian has a lot of CD interfaces supported in the base system, so you might get lucky that way. Anyway, good luck. Best regards Johan -- Terry Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
