Hi there, Nope, the CD drive is integrated with the laptop itself. I am not sure if it is a uses PCMCIA, but since the Win98 bootdisk can load the drive, I would think it is equivalent to an ordinary IDE (PCI?) device. [Please correct me if I'm wrong with my reasoning]
The floppy disk drive, however, is connected to a USB port. I have no problems booting there (except with the unbootable RedHat diskette). As for the RH7.2 default kernel, I'm not 100% sure, but I think I see the USB devices being loaded during startup as modules. I don't pay much attention to it because I usually upgrade to the latest kernel version from source shortly after installation. Have you tried using a kernel image that has USB support and fits on a floppy? I'm trying to figure out how to do this myself (recompile a kernel + make an initrd.img file, maybe), and I might when I have the time. Thanks! jOoN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beng Asuncion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [plug] Booting RH7.2 Disc on Laptop > Hi > > How is your CD drive connected to the Laptop? USB? I have an IBM Thinkpad 240X and my CD is connected via USB which > makes it impossible for me to install thru CDs. This is because the USB CD is not supported by most default kernel > installs. One work around is install linux via hard disk or thru network. BTW, im using Mandrake 8.1. I really dont > have an idea if the default kernel for RH 7.2 support USB devices. > > beng _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
