On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 23:29, Benedetto Gorini wrote: > Hi Guys, > could someone please help me to install mdk 9.1 on a Vaio PCG-Z600TEK? > > It has an external pcmcia cd-rom. > > When I installed mdk 8.1 and 8.2 I had to use a special boot disk called > pcmcia-vaio-memorystick.img that I found in the errata page. > With mdk 9.1 there is no equivalent img file. > > I tried to use the pcmcia.img or to specify ide2=0x180,0x386 on expert > mode but both methods didn't work: the machine hangup after PCMCIA > support configuration.
do you get anything revealing on the other virtual terminals? CTRL-ALT-F[2-6]? > > In the HW database my Vaio is reported to be compatible with mdk 9.1. > I use a Vaio VX88 and the Linux-sony list has a few Mandrake users (mostly Debian and SuSE). Z600TEK's do seem to work okay, but I haven't paid much attention. > Please help me. Personally, I'd switch to a hard disk or network install. If you're feeling particularly brave or have network issues, you can just install a very minimal system and then urpmi your way into having everything there. One thing that I do to make urpmi more pleasant is copy all the .rpm's from the distribution CD's into a single directory, then remove the three CD sources and specify a new filesystem source pointing at the RPM directory. > Thanks, > Benedetto -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Are you compliant yet? ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3514.txt
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