Re: Getting an OS on a Lib

[Christian Gennerat]

Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:32:45 +0100
From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting an OS on a Lib

"Reid, Andy G" a crit :

 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:42:48 -
 From: "Reid, Andy G" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Getting an OS on a Lib

 Folks,
 A question. Don't think it's been answered in the recent discussions...
 Just got another Lib 100CT with a blank HDD. Tried various OS installations
 and nothing would recognise my CD drive (its an HP writer, M8230e I think).
 Gave in and found some floppies with DOS 6.2, installed that and installed
 the CD's Dos drivers from floppy but now get an error about Card driver not
 being installed and APSI Manager not installed. Does this mean it's not
 recognising the PCMCIA slots? Seems strange as the FDD works! I thought the
 BIOS did this? Do I need some Tosh drivers loaded in addition to any
 standard MSDOS stuff?

Fdd uses an in-BIOS enabler.
Other PCMCIA cards need the card and socket services.



 Thought about doing it via a cable link to my other PC. I have a COM port
 type of lead, but not sure if I need the Null Modem adapter?? The other
 machine is running Win 98. Should I use the Microsoft Direct connect
 program? and what should be running on the new "DOS" machine? Interlink??
 Any help or instructions either on or off list would be greatly appreciated.

Linux Mandrake 7.2 PCMCIA install accept most network cards
and HTTP, FTP, or NFS protocols




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Re: Getting an OS on a Lib

[Ian C. Melville]

Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:24:07 -0400
From: "Ian C. Melville" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting an OS on a Lib

Hi Andy,

Win 9x's 'direct cable connection' with talk happily with the old dos
interlnk/intersvr utility (even if there's no OS on the disk and you just
booted up from a floppy!). It will even transfer long filenames over this
connection (intersvr may report the hdd size incorrectly but never mind
that). This method is great for transferring the win9x setup files from say
the cd-rom in your desktop to a freshly fdisked or repartitioned drive and
running setup from there afterward.

You'll need what is sometimes referred to as a 'laplink' cable tho... and if
you're thinking serial ports make sure you have a weekend to spare since
such transfers are very slow. You're much better off using the parallel
ports (if you need more help with the cable drop me a line off the list)...

Cheers!


Ian C. Melville

FRONTLINE MARKETING AGENCIES
Trinidad, West Indies
http://www.frontline.f2s.com

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 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:42:48 -
 From: "Reid, Andy G" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Getting an OS on a Lib

 Folks,
 A question. Don't think it's been answered in the recent discussions...
 Just got another Lib 100CT with a blank HDD. Tried various OS
installations
 and nothing would recognise my CD drive (its an HP writer, M8230e I
think).
 Gave in and found some floppies with DOS 6.2, installed that and installed
 the CD's Dos drivers from floppy but now get an error about Card driver
not





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