AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:54:18 +0200 From: Stefan Katletz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Srebnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 01:36 An: Libretto Betreff: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:35:09 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I on 10/17/04 1:47 PM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:11 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: : ...snip Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy I presume you got XP on a FAT32 partition? Yes. After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of textat the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? maybe your ramdisk is too small, try root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk_size=1 hth stefan
Re: AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:45:58 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks for your help Stefan! Tried that but still get error message...tried with other ramdisk sizes; 1000, 1still get error message So it goes... Mark on 10/19/04 11:53 PM, Stefan Katletz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:54:18 +0200 From: Stefan Katletz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Srebnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 01:36 An: Libretto Betreff: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:35:09 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I on 10/17/04 1:47 PM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:11 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: : ...snip Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy I presume you got XP on a FAT32 partition? Yes. After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of textat the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? maybe your ramdisk is too small, try root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk_size=1 hth stefan
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:41:42 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: ...snip Are you referring to the item on page 2 of the BIOS Setup named 'Device Config.' ? Yes It's the only item I see that has an option called 'Setup by OS'. However, I don't see option to disable. Only other choice says 'All Devices'in other words, I see the following choices: Device Config. = Setup by OS Or Device Config. = All Devices That's the setting I use. It means the BIOS should initialize integrated peripheral hardware rather than the OS (iow no Plug and Pray). No big deal btw, as the only integrated peripheral HW to be set up this way comprises the OPL3 soundcard and the serial and parallel ports. From another perspective, as your Libby is apparently not at fault, is your CD-ROM player OK? If your Linux setup remains problematic, just transplant your HD to another desktop and install Linux there. Do not reboot yet. Install XFree86, specify Neomagic NM 2160 and some default resolution, but do not boot into graphics mode yet. Let Linux reboot for the first time with the HD back in the Libretto. From then on you can setup Linux further using Harddrake (Mandrake) or vasm (VL). P.
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:08:12 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks for clarifying Philip! I thought my CDRW/DVD drive is OKat least it seems to work well... As for the other install method, my only desktop computer right now is a PowerMacG4so I don't think that will work... ;-) Could try it I suppose with my PC at work when no one's looking ;-) Mark on 10/18/04 1:41 AM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:41:42 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: ...snip Are you referring to the item on page 2 of the BIOS Setup named 'Device Config.' ? Yes It's the only item I see that has an option called 'Setup by OS'. However, I don't see option to disable. Only other choice says 'All Devices'in other words, I see the following choices: Device Config. = Setup by OS Or Device Config. = All Devices That's the setting I use. It means the BIOS should initialize integrated peripheral hardware rather than the OS (iow no Plug and Pray). No big deal btw, as the only integrated peripheral HW to be set up this way comprises the OPL3 soundcard and the serial and parallel ports. From another perspective, as your Libby is apparently not at fault, is your CD-ROM player OK? If your Linux setup remains problematic, just transplant your HD to another desktop and install Linux there. Do not reboot yet. Install XFree86, specify Neomagic NM 2160 and some default resolution, but do not boot into graphics mode yet. Let Linux reboot for the first time with the HD back in the Libretto. From then on you can setup Linux further using Harddrake (Mandrake) or vasm (VL). P.
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:35:45 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Arggg.guess I wrote too soon A) Mandrake Saga: Defragged my hard as requested by Mandrake installer. Then tried installing again with 'pcmcia' boot disk as noted below in previous post. This time problemswhen asked to select where to install from HD, CD, etcI selected CD drive but now nothing happens...CD drive doesn't respond...;-( I got a message: 'gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file' in the installer window. Also saw message: Warning: mounting partition /dev/hda5 in directory /tmp/inspect_tmp_dir failed (invalid argument) Saw same message for hda7 as well Tried a few times, even remade boot disk...but no go... Very strange as to why things aren't working now after it seems I was so close to getting Mandrake installed??? B) VectorLinux 4.3 Saga: Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of textat the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? - Thanks for everyone's continuing assistance. I hope this will be useful to others who might try to install Linux and save them the hours of aggravation I'm going through! Mark Frustrated Silicone Valley Libretterati Linux Installer on 10/16/04 3:47 PM, Mark Srebnik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:47:01 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks for your help Christian! on 10/16/04 11:41 AM, Christian Gennerat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:40:15 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Oh you have either USB or PCMCIA is it a Frecom ? I have the EXP 2400P CDRW-DVD drive. I have both USB and PCMCIA cables for it. so you can boot with floppy using pcmcia.img I have installed all Mandrake versions with Freecom PCMCIA CD you boot with floppy. when install process begins, eject the floppy pcmcia card, and insert CD pcmcia card. that's all. OK, just tried using the pcmcia image to start with floppy and then ejected it when CD started up... For the first time got past the 'Configuring PCMCIA Cards' install point!!! Had a problem with the partitioning...said my drive needed to be defragged first...think I can take care of that by myself hopefully. Will report back later... ;-) Thanks, Mark Mark Srebnik a écrit : So I also tried connecting my CD drive with the PCMCIA cable and used the command you wrote below. Same problem...
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:11 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: : ...snip Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy I presume you got XP on a FAT32 partition? After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of textat the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? Puzzling 1. The error message simply means that the kernel could not find the file system on ramdisk (I guess VFS means virtual file system.) Is initrd.img in the same subdir as ide (I guess so otherwise loadlin would have complained)? Is initrd.img from the same VL43 version as ide? BTW you typed the same command line as in: http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3434 (in a posting by robomop) and I used it too - worked for me. 2. I am beginning to suspect other (hardware?) problems (e.g., memory module seated OK?). - Have you got the latest BIOS (v 8.1)? Another issue might be your BIOS setup. I have: - Setup by OS = disabled - PCMCIA-slots = Auto I can't think up any other suggestions at the moment.. sorry, Philip
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:35:09 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I on 10/17/04 1:47 PM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:11 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: : ...snip Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as instructed to hard drive Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS with a Win98 boot floppy I presume you got XP on a FAT32 partition? Yes. After I typed the install command: Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img Setup started, saw lots of textat the end saw error message: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0 Any ideas about how to deal with this?? Puzzling 1. The error message simply means that the kernel could not find the file system on ramdisk (I guess VFS means virtual file system.) Is initrd.img in the same subdir as ide (I guess so otherwise loadlin would have complained)? Yes. Is initrd.img from the same VL43 version as ide? Yes. BTW you typed the same command line as in: http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3434 (in a posting by robomop) and I used it too - worked for me. I got it from the VL4.3 Install Instructions I printed out... 2. I am beginning to suspect other (hardware?) problems (e.g., memory module seated OK?). Checked memory module recentlyin Windows it says I have 64MB - Have you got the latest BIOS (v 8.1)? Yes. Another issue might be your BIOS setup. I have: - Setup by OS = disabled Are you referring to the item on page 2 of the BIOS Setup named 'Device Config.' ? It's the only item I see that has an option called 'Setup by OS'. However, I don't see option to disable. Only other choice says 'All Devices'in other words, I see the following choices: Device Config. = Setup by OS Or Device Config. = All Devices - PCMCIA-slots = Auto My BIOS says 'PC Card = Auto-Selected'...I assume this is the same thing... I can't think up any other suggestions at the moment.. sorry, Philip Please no sorry, your help is great Thanks to everyone trying to helphelps keep me motivated to get this solved and Linux on my Lib ;-) Mark
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:40:15 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik a écrit : So I also tried connecting my CD drive with the PCMCIA cable and used the command you wrote below. Same problem... Oh you have either USB or PCMCIA is it a Frecom ? so you can boot with floppy using pcmcia.img I have installed all Mandrake versions with Freecom PCMCIA CD you boot with floppy. when install process begins, eject the floppy pcmcia card, and insert CD pcmcia card. that's all. -- -- Christian Gennerat
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:47:01 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks for your help Christian! on 10/16/04 11:41 AM, Christian Gennerat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:40:15 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Oh you have either USB or PCMCIA is it a Frecom ? I have the EXP 2400P CDRW-DVD drive. I have both USB and PCMCIA cables for it. so you can boot with floppy using pcmcia.img I have installed all Mandrake versions with Freecom PCMCIA CD you boot with floppy. when install process begins, eject the floppy pcmcia card, and insert CD pcmcia card. that's all. OK, just tried using the pcmcia image to start with floppy and then ejected it when CD started up... For the first time got past the 'Configuring PCMCIA Cards' install point!!! Had a problem with the partitioning...said my drive needed to be defragged first...think I can take care of that by myself hopefully. Will report back later... ;-) Thanks, Mark Mark Srebnik a écrit : So I also tried connecting my CD drive with the PCMCIA cable and used the command you wrote below. Same problem...
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:53:21 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:46:02 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Hi Philip, Thanks for the advice... Just tried what you suggested with Mandrake... After starting the install with the loadlin command as you describe, got a bunch of text and at the end: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:03 = kernel can't find the ramdisk file system. I think it intends to say it can't find the image. Did you specify the ramdisk image and -size? I do not know the commands for USB CD-ROM players. For Mandrake 9.2 to be installed using a PCMCIA CD-ROM player I used: loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=128000 vga=785 acpi=off pcmcia automatic=method:cdrom (all on one line). Perhaps change pcmcia into usb (w/o quotes) and try again? If it still won't go, copy the entire \Mandrake dir from your CD-ROM to HD, too, and use something like loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=128000 acpi=off and specify a HD install when asked (it will also ask for the location of the \Mandrake tree.). The acpi=off thing makes little difference BTW (at least here). BTW I figure you got just one CD-ROM for Mandrake 9.1? Now, I did copy over the alt0 directory on the CD I have. However, wonder if it matters or not that this was a CD from a Linux magazine?? Just check if there's a vmlinuz and an all.rdz file. Also, wouldn't mind trying VectorLinux too... Do you use the same loadlin command or is it different? Vectorlinux? IIRC it is loadlin ide rw initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram or so (ide instead of vmlinuz). Details are in the vectorlinux message board / installation forum (see their web site). Philip
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:08:13 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks again Philip for your help! Definitely helps keep me going and not giving up on Linux! However, things don't seem to be going well for me Maybe I don't understand things correctly, but I did enter the command as you had written in your previous email: loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/ram3 acpi=off vga16 The problem with Mandrake install always was occurring after it recognized the CDRW/DVD drive (using my USB cable) and CD drive seems to take over install process. Always gets stuck when the installer says 'Configuring PCMCIA Cards'...although it's interesting that in the very top right of the installer window it says 'hard drive detection' Also, the floppy drive keeps working and light is continually on and doesn't go off. I tried Jim Drouillard's suggestion to disconnect floppy after CD drive starts working but makes no differenceThanks for the suggestion Jim! So I also tried connecting my CD drive with the PCMCIA cable and used the command you wrote below. Same problem... Then tried to do your other suggestion and for some unknown reason can't seem to copy files from the DVD (from the Linux magazine). Keep getting error messages in Windows when it tries to copy file over to hard drive. Also, tried using DOS copy command after booting with Win98 boot floppy. That didn't work either! Starting to wonder if maybe there might be a problem with the files on the DVD??? Maybe best to download Linux install files myself instead of using these magazine CD's and DVD's??? I'm pretty persistent guy but this is starting to drive me nuts ;-) Mark on 10/15/04 3:19 PM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:53:21 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:46:02 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Hi Philip, Thanks for the advice... Just tried what you suggested with Mandrake... After starting the install with the loadlin command as you describe, got a bunch of text and at the end: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:03 = kernel can't find the ramdisk file system. I think it intends to say it can't find the image. Did you specify the ramdisk image and -size? I do not know the commands for USB CD-ROM players. For Mandrake 9.2 to be installed using a PCMCIA CD-ROM player I used: loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=128000 vga=785 acpi=off pcmcia automatic=method:cdrom (all on one line). Perhaps change pcmcia into usb (w/o quotes) and try again? If it still won't go, copy the entire \Mandrake dir from your CD-ROM to HD, too, and use something like loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz root=/dev/ram3 ramdisk_size=128000 acpi=off and specify a HD install when asked (it will also ask for the location of the \Mandrake tree.). The acpi=off thing makes little difference BTW (at least here). BTW I figure you got just one CD-ROM for Mandrake 9.1? Now, I did copy over the alt0 directory on the CD I have. However, wonder if it matters or not that this was a CD from a Linux magazine?? Just check if there's a vmlinuz and an all.rdz file. Also, wouldn't mind trying VectorLinux too... Do you use the same loadlin command or is it different? Vectorlinux? IIRC it is loadlin ide rw initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram or so (ide instead of vmlinuz). Details are in the vectorlinux message board / installation forum (see their web site). Philip
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:27:49 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:40:40 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Just a quick update Tried Tory's suggestion and made some progress, but not there yet... I looked at image files and made boot floppy from image file on Mandrake 9.1 CD called 'hdcdrom_usb.img'didn't see one there called 'usb.img'. Did that using 'rawwinen' in 'dosutils' directory... Floppy booted Libretto and saw Mandrake Install window and then asked whether to install from CDROM or Hard Drive. Selected CDROM and it recognized CDROM and started install process! The first few steps went OK, but seemed to have hit a snag now...for the past 30 minutes my floppy drive is working and the install window says configuring PCMCIA cards. I have a feeling installer is stuck Oh wellany suggestions Hmm Sounds like the old Linux kernel can't recognize Flashbuster PCMCIA floppy drive syndrome. Nothing to be done about it, unless you build your own Linux install kernel patched for the PCMCIA floppy. I wouldn't know how to build an install kernel BTW :-( (but it can't be that hard - obviously you need a running Linux system for that...) BTW No luck yet trying to get the floppy to work in Linux 2.6.x kernels. Philip
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:07:46 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I On Wednesday 13 October 2004 11:34 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:40:40 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Just a quick update Tried Tory's suggestion and made some progress, but not there yet... I looked at image files and made boot floppy from image file on Mandrake 9.1 CD called 'hdcdrom_usb.img'didn't see one there called 'usb.img'. I just popped my 9.2 disc in - hdcdrom_usb.img is the right one. Did that using 'rawwinen' in 'dosutils' directory... rawwritewin? Floppy booted Libretto and saw Mandrake Install window and then asked whether to install from CDROM or Hard Drive. Selected CDROM and it recognized CDROM and started install process! The first few steps went OK, but seemed to have hit a snag now...for the past 30 minutes my floppy drive is working and the install window says configuring PCMCIA cards. I have a feeling installer is stuck Oh wellany suggestions 1) Make sure you don't have any PCMCIA cards except for the floppy drive installed. 2) Try installing the floppy in the laptop PCMCIA rather than the docking port (Or vice versa) 3) Try Mandrake 9.2. Sounds like the 9.1 kernel is choking on something. When I did it, the install just ignored the floppy drive - I didn't have a problem with the PCMCIA services (That I recall. It's been a long time now.) Tory 2 steps forward, 1 step back Mark on 9/27/04 10:11 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:13:38 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! On Monday 27 September 2004 09:47 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:45:26 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! Hi Tory, No, I didn't receive your email.could you please resend to: mark AT MarkSrebnikArchitect.com Thanks for your help! Mark Err... That was mainly it. What boot disk are you using to do the installation? You have to take a look in the images directory on the first Mandrake 9 cd, and you'll see a bunch of IMG files. I believe the standard/most common boot disk is the cdrom.img image. The one you want for a USB CD-ROM install is the usb.img. It should give the details, including how to make a boot cd from an image in the install documentation - which is a text file on the CD itself. I can't be any more specific, as I don't have my Madrake 9 cds here right now. Tory on 9/27/04 4:25 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you get the reply I sent to you directly? What floppy image are you using to boot with? You have to use the usb.img image instead of cdrom.img. Tory Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:27:02 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! On Monday 27 September 2004 12:55 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:53:10 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! As always, THANK YOU Philip for your great help!! Will either try Mandrake 9.2 or your approach Will keep trying ;-) Mark
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:05:34 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks as always Tory for your help!... My comments below yours... Mark on 10/14/04 7:02 AM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:07:46 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I On Wednesday 13 October 2004 11:34 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:40:40 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I [SNIP] I looked at image files and made boot floppy from image file on Mandrake 9.1 CD called 'hdcdrom_usb.img'didn't see one there called 'usb.img'. I just popped my 9.2 disc in - hdcdrom_usb.img is the right one. Did that using 'rawwinen' in 'dosutils' directory... rawwritewin? Sorry, typo on my part... ;-) Floppy booted Libretto and saw Mandrake Install window and then asked whether to install from CDROM or Hard Drive. Selected CDROM and it recognized CDROM and started install process! The first few steps went OK, but seemed to have hit a snag now...for the past 30 minutes my floppy drive is working and the install window says configuring PCMCIA cards. I have a feeling installer is stuck Oh wellany suggestions 1) Make sure you don't have any PCMCIA cards except for the floppy drive installed. Just removed my ethernet card and tried againmade no difference, still gets stuck on 'Configuring PCMCIA card' 2) Try installing the floppy in the laptop PCMCIA rather than the docking port (Or vice versa) Just tried both waysmade no difference, still gets stuck on 'Configuring PCMCIA card' 3) Try Mandrake 9.2. Sounds like the 9.1 kernel is choking on something. Wouldn't mind trying 9.2...having problem downloading it for some reason, but will try again later... When I did it, the install just ignored the floppy drive - I didn't have a problem with the PCMCIA services (That I recall. It's been a long time now.) Tory Hmmmwhat I noticed is that even when CD drive started up after floppy boot and selecting CD drive install, floppy drive light stays on continually and floppy is whirring around.so not like your install it sounds like Maybe I should try another distro??? Mark
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:24:24 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:57:42 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks as always Philip for your input! Here's some more. Try to install from HD. Simply copy the contents of \isolinux\alt0 on MDK9.1 CDROM #1 to a directory on your HD. Next download ftp://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/pub/linux/loadlin-1.6/update-1.6c/loadlin.exe.gz (= latest loadlin.exe) and unpack it with winzip or so into this \isolinux\alt0 directory on your HD. Then boot into plain DOS (when booting W98, hit F8 early in the boot process to get a menu and choose the lowermost option, otherwise boot from a DOS floppy). Then, change directory to \isolinux\alt0 on your HD and start the installation with: loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/ram3 acpi=off vga16 and see how far you get this time. Any way to get a Linux LiveCD to work??? On a Libretto? Not that I know of. BTW I just tried VectorLinux 4.3 and installed it on my Lib110. Worked the same way using loadlin; only thing is that all installation files had to be copied to a directory \veclinux on HD (some 400 MB in total). VectorLinux is *much* faster than Mandrake, boots faster and it has a very recent kernel (2.6.x). One glitch is that I couldn't get my HP Deskjet printer to work (it may be that the cups network printer driver is broken). For the rest I like VL43 very well. Good luck, P.
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:22:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I When you boot from the floppy your card slots are under BIOS control so if you are installing off a USB CD rather than a PCMCIA CD you should be able to do an install that does not use PCMCIA drivers and install them later instead. Once the installer kernel with the USB driver is loaded from the floppy it shouldn't need to access the floppy anymore so you might be able to just eject the drive before the installer starts looking for hardware. If there is no boot floppy that has USB drivers without PCMCIA drivers then maybe you can pass an option to the installer somehow to not look for PCMCIA slots. I haven't tested this since I've only installed from the hard drive. The linux driver for the floppy (floppy_cs.o) is at http://libxg.free.fr/floppy/floppy.htm (I haven't used it yet). Jim ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:46:02 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Hi Philip, Thanks for the advice... Just tried what you suggested with Mandrake... After starting the install with the loadlin command as you describe, got a bunch of text and at the end: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:03 Now, I did copy over the alt0 directory on the CD I have. However, wonder if it matters or not that this was a CD from a Linux magazine?? Also, wouldn't mind trying VectorLinux too... Do you use the same loadlin command or is it different? Thanks, Mark on 10/14/04 10:24 AM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:24:24 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:57:42 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Thanks as always Philip for your input! Here's some more. Try to install from HD. Simply copy the contents of \isolinux\alt0 on MDK9.1 CDROM #1 to a directory on your HD. Next download ftp://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/pub/linux/loadlin-1.6/update-1.6c/loadlin.exe.gz (= latest loadlin.exe) and unpack it with winzip or so into this \isolinux\alt0 directory on your HD. Then boot into plain DOS (when booting W98, hit F8 early in the boot process to get a menu and choose the lowermost option, otherwise boot from a DOS floppy). Then, change directory to \isolinux\alt0 on your HD and start the installation with: loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/ram3 acpi=off vga16 and see how far you get this time. Any way to get a Linux LiveCD to work??? On a Libretto? Not that I know of. BTW I just tried VectorLinux 4.3 and installed it on my Lib110. Worked the same way using loadlin; only thing is that all installation files had to be copied to a directory \veclinux on HD (some 400 MB in total). VectorLinux is *much* faster than Mandrake, boots faster and it has a very recent kernel (2.6.x). One glitch is that I couldn't get my HP Deskjet printer to work (it may be that the cups network printer driver is broken). For the rest I like VL43 very well. Good luck, P.
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:40:40 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I Just a quick update Tried Tory's suggestion and made some progress, but not there yet... I looked at image files and made boot floppy from image file on Mandrake 9.1 CD called 'hdcdrom_usb.img'didn't see one there called 'usb.img'. Did that using 'rawwinen' in 'dosutils' directory... Floppy booted Libretto and saw Mandrake Install window and then asked whether to install from CDROM or Hard Drive. Selected CDROM and it recognized CDROM and started install process! The first few steps went OK, but seemed to have hit a snag now...for the past 30 minutes my floppy drive is working and the install window says configuring PCMCIA cards. I have a feeling installer is stuck Oh wellany suggestions 2 steps forward, 1 step back Mark on 9/27/04 10:11 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:13:38 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! On Monday 27 September 2004 09:47 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:45:26 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! Hi Tory, No, I didn't receive your email.could you please resend to: mark AT MarkSrebnikArchitect.com Thanks for your help! Mark Err... That was mainly it. What boot disk are you using to do the installation? You have to take a look in the images directory on the first Mandrake 9 cd, and you'll see a bunch of IMG files. I believe the standard/most common boot disk is the cdrom.img image. The one you want for a USB CD-ROM install is the usb.img. It should give the details, including how to make a boot cd from an image in the install documentation - which is a text file on the CD itself. I can't be any more specific, as I don't have my Madrake 9 cds here right now. Tory on 9/27/04 4:25 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you get the reply I sent to you directly? What floppy image are you using to boot with? You have to use the usb.img image instead of cdrom.img. Tory Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:27:02 -0600 From: Tory Braybrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! On Monday 27 September 2004 12:55 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:53:10 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP! As always, THANK YOU Philip for your great help!! Will either try Mandrake 9.2 or your approach Will keep trying ;-) Mark
