Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:03:21 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP!
Hi Tory (or others...)
Finally had time yesterday to try installing Linux, using Tory's 'laughably
easy install method'....
I got a USB cable for my EXP CDRW/DVD drive so I could install as shown
below.
Decided to try Mandrake 9.1, one of the Linux CD's I've got...
The boot floppy booted, clicked on 'Install Mandrake'...
Then I get the next Welcome to Mandrake Linux 9.1 screen but has an error
message in the window
"No CD-ROM device found"
-> click OK
-> Next window says:
"Please choose....
Which driver should I try to gain SCSI access....
Floppy.o
Isofs.o
Cdrom.o
Ide-cd.o
Scsi_mod.o
Sr_mod.o
Sd_mod.o
3w-xxxx.o
Advansys.o
aha1542.o
atp870u.o
Dtc.o
Initio.o
qla1280.o
sym53c416.o
Tmscsim.o
nsp32.o
aic7xxx.o
aic7xxx-old.o
pci2000.o
Qlogicisp.o
Sym53c8xx.o"
After you select, you get a new window that asks:
"Please fill in entries.....
Please enter the parameters to give to the kernel:
Options_________________________ "
So could someone please advise as how I should answer the above???
Or should I give up on this approach... ;-)
Thanks for any help!
Mark
Frustrated Libretterati...
on 9/7/04 9:38 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:41:06 -0600
> From: Tory Braybrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] How to Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD?
>
> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 08:42 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote:
>
> Mandrake 9.2 was laughably easy for me to install on my 110ct.
>
> Ingredients:
>
> 1 x Libretto 110ct, 64mb Ram, HD
> 1 x Libretto Docking Station (With USB Port)
> 1 x Libretto PCMCIA Floppy
> 1 x USB CDRW
> 1 x Mandrake 9.2 USB Boot floppy
>
> Mandrake has a single floppy that will bootstrap a USB cdrom drive. After
> booting from the floppy, it recognizes a USB cdrom as a regular CDROM drive,
> and you keep feeding it CDs the same you would a normal installation. Much
> easier than installing Win2k on the same machine. (I had to resort to the 2.5
> IDE adaptor to get Windows installed, as I couldn't get dos drivers for any
> of my PCMCIA or USB drives working)
>
> Tory
>
>> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:40:51 -0700
>> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: How to Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD?
>>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> Having successfully installed WinXP Pro on my 110CT (works pretty well once
>> tweaked), I'm now ready to install Linux on it!
>>
>> Considering installing Slackware or one of it's derivatives...(although
>> open to other suggestions)....have several Linux distro CD's that I got
>> with Linux magazines...
