Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 08:02:21
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up floppy?? Have
problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
It's from memory...but...mandrake 7.1 went kinda this way:
I do recall that it took a lot of experimentation. Reason is that it's very
tight for memory on 32M.
I started with a blank 6G disk, formatted in the Lib with a 4G or so fat32
partition and loaded the win95b stuff I needed. Once the network was up, I
copied the linux CD from a shared drive on the desktop machine.
Somewhere in the (um) \dos\utils there is a readme and a selection of boot
disc images. I don't recall whether I ran the boot images directly from
loadlin and dos, or whether I made a floppy and booted from there, but you
need the image for a hard disc load.
You must use the text mode and you must use the middle of the three
'intelligence' options otherwise you run out of memory (I can't recall which
one, it's one down from 'expert')
When it gets to formatting the disc, *even though it was formatted in the
Lib* it will try and grab the hibernation space so make sure you leave the
last 40M or so (in complete cylinders) free. I leave 128M for swap space but
I do a lot of compilation.
Sooner or later it will ask you where the image is...so remember where you
left it and everything should be fine.
Once it's running, you can play with kpackage and remove the things you
don't need. In particular: there's a bug in the logging script which means
that the logs grow enormously...fix on the mandrake site, or there's one
somewhere in the archives here from Christian.
Hope that's enough to get things kicking...
Bad news: 7.2 won't install *in the lib* though it may be possible to do it
in other ways. But I think the 1.x version of kde is better suited to the
lib anyway :)
Neil
>From: "Eiren K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up floppy??
>Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
>Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:08:27 -0700
>
>Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:55:44 -0400
>From: "Eiren K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up floppy??
>Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
>
>Neil, that's exactly the approach I've wanted to take. Basically, a Linux
>install from a FAT. Can you lend any more details about doing this with MDK
>7.x?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-e
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:08 AM
>Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up floppy??
>Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 08:02:04
> > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up
>floppy??
>Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
> >
> > I make no claims to be a linux guru - but I have discovered the easiest
>way
> > to get linux onto a lib is to already have it there in the first place.
> >
> > I've successfully used a dual boot system: copy the CD into the windows
> > partition, wake up in dos and run the appropriate batch file for a hard
>disk
> > install into another partition. You might need to move some partitions
> > around first...
> >
> > Works ok with mandrake 6.1, 7.0, 7.1...anything after that needs more
>than
> > 32M memory :(
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> > >From: David Nedved <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up
>floppy??
> > >Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
> > >Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:03:27 -0700
> > >
> > >Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:55:02 -0400
> > >From: David Nedved <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up
>floppy??
> > >Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I run Linux on my 70CT, but it's LFS -- Linux From Scratch. I've
>loaded
> > >RedHat 6.2 on a 50CT though... I loaded it on a desktop, then swapped
>the
> > >hard drive into the Libretto -- much easier than messing with boot
>disks,
> > >zip drives, whatever. A boot-up floppy would have to either be a
> > >standalone
> > >floppy (the net boot floppy is a single floppy but I don't know if it
>works
> > >with your network card plus it requires a good connection to an FTP
>server)
> > >or get the kernel support for Libretto FD built into the kernel on your
> > >boot
> > >disk. I have no idea if that kernel support is kept current, or where
>to
> > >get
> > >it. I also don't relish the idea of making a custom boot disk.
> > >
> > >Since I have a working 70CT running Linux, let me know if I can do
>anything
> > >to help you get started, but really, your easiest route is to slap the
>hard
> > >drive into a desktop and load it that way. Just one guy's opinion, you
> > >don't even owe me the traditional $0.02!
> > >
> > >Good luck,
> > >
> > >David
> > >
> > >On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 01:03:30PM -0700, Robbert J. van Herksen wrote:
> > > > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:59:07 +0200
> > > > From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: Anyone with a Linux (preferrably Redhat v7) boot-up
>floppy??
> > >Have problems installing LINUX on my Libretto 70CT
> > > >
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > Trying to install Redhat v7 unix on my beloved Libretto 70CT.
> > > >
> > > > Want to get in contact with Libretto 70CT owners that run any
>version
>of
> > > > (preferrably) Redhat Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help.
> > > >
> > > > Rgds
> > > >
> > > > Robbert van Herksen
> > > > Soesterberg
> > > > The Netherlands [the new home of Slovodan Milosovic... :-)) ]
> > > >
> >
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