So, I got another floppy drive connected via the parallel port, this one can't be marked as bootable by the bios either. However I can run loadlin from it and this way the CDROM is plugged in at the kernel boot time. However I can't seem to get the correct file/options set to boot the linux kernel on the SuSE floppy using loadlin from a DOS prompt. Here is what I tried: "loadlin e:\linux root=/dev/hdc ro" The kernel loads and then starts to boot fine. This time is does recognize the CDROM since it is installed at boot time with: hda: TOSHIBA MK3003MAN, 2937 MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=746/128/63 hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-2402B, ATAPI CDROM drive But right after: VFS: Mounted root (iso9660 filesystem) readonly. Unable to open an initial console. It hangs. This time I can load and boot the kernel. The kernel sees, recognizes and mounts the CRROM read-only, however now it is complaining about a console path. Any clues??? John Griffin > I seem to have run into a small problem in attempting to install >SuSe 5.3 on a Hewlett Packard OmniBook 5700CTX. I have a Xircom >PCMCIA 10/100-Ready network card, and the standard HP CD-ROM and >3.5 floppy drive modules. > > When I boot using the SuSE boot floppy in the 3.5 drive, the kernel >doesn't recognize the CD-ROM because it was not installed since I was >using the 3.5 floppy drive. Secondly the Xircom PCMCIA card is not in >the list of supported network cards. There is a '-- More modules --' >option but that just pulls in the same list of kernel modules. There >is nothing in the SuSE manual about what this '-- More modules --' >option is, or how to utilize it. > > So I am stuck, I cannot install from CD-ROM because the kernel >doesn't see it at boot time (since it is not plugged in), and I cannot >install over the network since there is no Xircom module. > > Any suggestions? > >John Griffin - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archive at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
