Umm, theres nothing wrong with useing 'floppy=nofifo' maybe you should try
again. and no you can just get and updated floppy image to have all the
updates.
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, James E. LaBarre wrote:
> (I sent this message before, but have never gotten it back on the list,
> so I don't think it got there).
>
> If I have a CD I made from an ISO image 2 weeks ago, can I simply
> download an updated boot diskette image from one of the mirrors and use
> the CD I already have? I don't think any other install option would
> work; our network at work is Token-Ring, and my Micron Millennia
> Transport P133 notebook has a floppy drive that doesn't work with Linux
> (therefore making any boot that takes more than 1 diskette not work).
>
> I have yet to find a graphical Linux distribution installer that works
> with my laptop. I'd hate to find a year from now that I can't get a
> distribution to install anymore.
>
> Also: why is it that Slackware is the only distribution that will accept
> the parameter "floppy=nofifo" at boot time? That's the only way to get
> my floppy to work with Linux, but every other distribution's installer
> complains it doesn't know what that means.
>
> I do, BTW, have another possible option for installing. I have a 15MB
> DOS partition on my laptop. If there were a way to start a PCMCIA/FTP
> install using Loadlin, I could try that.
>
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