Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 09:23:22 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] NetBSD on 50CT?
At 12:20 PM 7/09/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:42:38 +0100 >From: "fixles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: NetBSD on 50CT? > >Hello all, ><snip> >I have the PCMCIA floppy drive, a serial backpack cdrom (for use with >enhanced port replicator) a 3com pcmcia nic which i can connect to my >desktop pc. The hard disk is the standard 800mb one that came with the >libretto. I have also compressed this with drivespace3 under windows 95. > >Before i get started (like a bull in a china shop) i would like to know if >anyone has any advice and possibly a simple run through of what they would >do. > >I was thinking... > >1. Format entire hard drive as a Linux Partition leaving 30mg for >hibernation. >2. Booting the netbsd install floppy to start the setup and either trying to >install from the serial backpack cdrom of trying to install from the cdrom >on my desktop pc using the nic (preffered so dont have to use the enhanced >port replicator) as i never use it and i dont want netbsd to install any >drivers into the kernal for this. Actually, the EPR on the L50/70 doesn't appear as a docking station ... in fact as far as the laptop is concerned, its 'always connected' (that's why for instance BOTH PCMCIA ports show up regardless of if the EPR is connected or not and if you hot undock from the EPR when a card is in use in the EPR's PCMCIA slot, as far as the software is concerned you ejected the card as opposed to undocked the computer). In fact, if you don't have power running through the EPR (ie. its powered off the libretto) I'm not even sure there is any way for the libretto to tell if the EPR is connected or not. Certainly having the libby connected to the EPR won't change what the installation software sees - it won't make any difference if you install with or without it. Of course, this all changed with the L100/110 (which caught me off-guard more than once as I got so used to hot-docking and undocking the EPR when I had my L50). I'm not all that familiar with NetBSD but AFAIK if you boot off the Libby's PCMCIA floppy disk drive, you can't enable the PCMCIA slots without killing the floppy drive so unless you can arrange it such that once the PCMCIA slot is enabled you won't need to access the FDD, it'd probably be best to use the serial backpack CD-ROM (if you've got a NetBSD install boot disk that supports it). Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
