Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:12:16 +0200
From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Linux Install?
Hi there, Michael.
Now installing RedHat v7.0 Linux on my Libby 70.
I recently bought a Mobile CD-Rom drive (PCMCIA) supported by TOHIBA.
Installed DOS plkus the DOS drivers to access the CD, that worked okay.
I copied the files loadlin.exe, vmlinuz and initrd.img from the first CD,
and started the installation with:
C:loadlin vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img
The kernel started to run, and the installation menu came up, good!!!
After some questions, there was the question: "Do you have a driver disk?"
The next question was: is the CDrom interface SCSI or Other.
I selected "Other", but it wants a driver disk again!!!
RH 7 doesn't seem to be aware of the ATAPI CD-Rom interface, so it doesn't
see it.
How is that with RH 7.1??
Doe sit see ATAPI devices???
Help!!!
(As the installation doesn't allow me to install directly from CDrom, I'm
now copying the BASE and RPMS directories to my Libby HD, that is still in
the process (wow, lots of data!!!), so lets see it I can fire up LINUS that
way.
Would be great to hear your inputs/comments
Cheers
Robbert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 18:31
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: Linux Install?
>
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:18:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linux Install?
>
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Karen L. Comer wrote:
> > I just finished loading a new HD for my 50 CT with my normal
> Windows set-up
> > and since I've never tried Linux I thought I'd take the old 3.2 GIG and
> > experiment with a Linux install on it just for a learning experience.
> > Those of you that are using Linux:
> > Which flavor of Linux are you using and why?
>
> RedHat 7.1, because
> 1) I'm used to RedHat
> 2) It installed easily on my Lib70
>
> > What do I need to do to the HD to prepare it for a Linux install?
>
> You'll need to know the video chip (C&T 65550, I believe).
>
> The rest depends on how you're going to install.
>
> A) If you have a CD drive and the appropriate drivers (so that you can
> boot to DOS and access the CD), then (to install RedHat 7.1)
> 1) Boot to DOS (MS-DOS mode from win9x will work fine)
> 2) Copy the files loadlin.exe, vmlinuz and initrd.img from the first CD
> (I think they're in the dosutils folder) to your Lib.
> 3) Run "loadlin vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img" to start the install.
>
> B) If you don't have DOS drivers for your CD drive, but you do have some
> way to transfer files from the CDs to your hard drive:
> 1) Transfer RedHat/base and RedHat/RPMS to your HD (1.3 GB!)
> 2) In DOS (or MD-DOS mode) go to the dosutils folder. There's a batch
> file that runs the line in A3 above (can't recall the name) - run it to
> start the install. (You'll need to know where the install files are -
> IIRC I just kept guessing /dev/hda1, then /dev/hda2, etc until I got it
> right.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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