Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:25:38 -0400
From: "Anthony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Linux on a 100CT
Great idea Tom! I have an Adaptect SCSI PCMCIA card somewhere and a 4 bay
tower with a CD-ROM in it. I'll give it a shot!
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Tony Oresteen
KG4SPA
Montverde, FL
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From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <libretto@basiclink.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:35 AM
Subject: [LIB] Re: Linux on a 100CT
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:34:05 +0200
From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on a 100CT
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:51:10PM -0700, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
[...]
> 4. What you can do to install Linux is to make a temporary FAT partition
> and copy the install kernel + support files to it. Then boot using
> loadlin.exe (usually something like "loadlin vmlinuz <parameters>) and
> off you go.
[...]
Alternatively, some Linux distros offer the option of booting from a
floppy, then choosing another boot medium. If that first boot floppy
happens to have the right PCMCIA drivers, you can then run an install
via a network card or an external CD-ROM drive. Mandrake 9.1/9.2
supported the first option, while with Mandrake 10.1 I had to use an
external SCSI CD-ROM (I happen to have a PCMCIA SCSI adapter). I have
not tried other ways or distros, but I would not be surprised if they
existed.
Cheerio,
Thomas
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