On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 06:32:33PM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote:
: Sony laptop PCG-SR7K, external CD-ROM drive PCGA-CD51
:
: Install disk 1 boots, but soon stops with error about cannot find install
: media. I get a list of drivers to try. Which one do I use? Or, how can I
: install?
:
: This computer has Windows 2000. I used Partition Magic to create a 3GB
: partition for Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Is there a way to install from inside
: Windows?
:
: This CD-ROM plugs into the PC-CARD slot and can be used to boot and install
: Windows.
Boot the installation with the following invocation:
expert noauto ide2=0x180,0x386
The "noauto" is necessary b/c you want to skip the pcmcia hardware
detection phase. Otherwise, the pcmcia probes screw up the cdrom which
up until said probes thought it was on the ide bus.
In other words, the pcmcia probes cause the ide cdrom to become
orphaned.
Just remember to install the pcmcia-cs package and configure pcmcia
support by hand when you reboot.
--Jerry
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