> > > > > Is there a a way to install 7.1 from within a running version of > > > > linux if it is already running the same kernel? I don't see any > > > > problem with this but I don't know how to do it. > > > > > > you mean upgrade ??? > > > > > Yes and no. > > > > There are some machines which I can get the hardware working but > > refuse to do so as part of the standard install. I'd like to set up > > the loaded modules and networking etc.. and then do an install or an > > upgrade. I don't care if it has to remount the filesystems in read > > only. > > doesn't this (from mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3) help? > > ---------------------------------------- > Kernel oops'es > what: the kernel crashes > when: with some unusual hardware (eg: megaraid) > solution: use your own custom kernel together with blank.img. > The custom kernel must contain every driver needed for the installation. > You > can't provide modules. It must also be less than 700KB to fit on the > floppy. > Just create a boot floppy out of blank.img (the way you would do with > images/cdrom.img), then mcopy vmlinuz a: where vmlinuz is your custom > kernel. > ---------------------------------------- > > if not, what would you use for the pre-install? I'll give it a go. The problem I encounter is acutally that the plip module is no longer included in the network.img so I can't install it onto a laptop I've got. It was included in mdk7. It seems that the plip module has to be from the same kernel to communicate with my machine correctly (2.2.15-4) so I can't use the network image from mdk7. And I'm afraid I dont know how to change the image to include it. I also don't know how to open a shell and load it manually from elsewhere.
