Well, I can't help with the scsi cdrom boot problem, but users with IDE cdrom drives and systems that can't boot directly from cd can use the image on bug 19548
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19548 I hope that helps you guys out. On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:57, Brian Hall wrote: > To this request, I'd like to add that I could use a Gentoo boot > floppy(s) that have good PCMCIA support. I have an old NEC Versa 6030H > with floppy & a PCMCIA 10MB ethernet, but no CDROM. > > I tried various boot floppies, and most of them locked up when I tried > to bring up the 3c589D PCMCIA card. I've ordered a laptop HDD to desktop > HDD converter to get around this (install on desktop, then stick drive > back in laptop), but I'm sure good boot floppies to avoid this would be > useful for others. > > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Bjarke Bruun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > Hi there > > > > I have a scsi cdrom drive that won't boot bootable cdroms and I'd like > > to try Gentoo.... so is there a floppy (1.44Mb) bootdisk image > > somewhere that I can get started? > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
