Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 13:22:37 +0200
From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 13:05
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
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> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:59:01 +0000
> From: David Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
>
> Actually... I have a home-brew distro, which I will be putting up
> somewhere as soon as I get my broadband connection (British Telecom
> *grrr*...) and hopefully making Libretto and Vaio (USB floppy)
> bootdisks for it.
>
> I already have this on the Libretto, but this was achieved with some
> trouble quite some time ago (but using the floppy_cs which Christian
> maintains?).
Hey, that's cool!!!
How big is the file (I suppose you put it into a tar/zip file).
If you have an FTP service running on your host, I would be very interested
to suck it up into my laptop here.
Cheers
Robb
>
> >> I think I need to buy the Mini CardStation (PA2718U). It will
> give me an
> >> extra PCMCIA slot,
> >> so that I can connect both my floppy AND the CDromdrive (both PCMCIA
> >> devices).
> >> That will make the installation much easier (I hope...)
> >>
> >
> >For this reason Mandrake ie easier to install, because you can boot
> >with floppy (pcmcia.img) and then install from CDROM
> >I use either Freecom Traveller or a SCSI CDROM fith Adaptec 1460
>
> I booted from floppy and then performed a networked install, with a
> pcmcia card (swap from floppy to network card after booting).
>
>
> I will be trying this on my Libretto at the weekend with kernel 2.4.6
> (just out ;) so I will report back once I have had a stab at things
> :)
>
>
> Dave
>
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