Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:55:40 +0100
From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM (and the 96MB
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:40:43AM -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> >From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >... boot from one floppy (with BIOS
> >support), then switch to network install. Obviously, this requires a
> >network card and ideally a second machine that can be used as server
> >(though an internet connection might do).
> How did you go about enabling the network card from a boot floppy? A few
> years back David Chien wrote out the procedure for getting DOS drivers for
> an HP M820E CD/CD-R-ROM drive enabled from a floppy. I'm guessing the
> process to enable a network card is similar.
Nah, it was very simple:
- Have both floppy drive and PCMCIA network card in PCMCIA slots (I
used a 10Mb 3com card at the time, forgot the exact name)
- Use Mandrake Linux boot floppy (I seem to remember that there were several
ones,
one of which had the PCMCIA drivers included - I'd have to look it up)
- Boot from it, select network install, give some details as to where to
find the installation repository
The installer will then detect and use the PCMCIA network card. Using
the PCMCIA SCSI card worked the same way - no extra drivers or messing
with DOS stuff involved.
Cheerio,
Thomas
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