Anybody know if one can yet install mandrake from an external ieee1394
(firewire) cdrom?

I do see a /mnt/cdrom1/images/usb.img  and I think I have used it with
my cdrom in a USB 2.0 external case (and the image does contain the
usb-uhci module -- usb20 module).

However, ieee1394 appears more stable and much faster using less cpu
power (for obvious reasons).

I believe the modules that would need to be included for an image would
be ieee1394.o and ohci1394 (sbp2.o would also be a good module to
include as it is for hard drive access (via ieee1394/firewire)).


I did spend sometime trying to create my own ieee1394.img, however,
failed and forget the problem that I was having.  I believe it was
something like I was able to package the image file with the
ieee1394.o/ohci1394.o/sbp2.o modules but for some reason, the diskette
wouldn't recognize the device.  I do believe i was also ending up
modprobing the modules manually.

...anyways...just a thought.


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