Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:09:58 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] installing linux on the 50ct
At 07:18 PM 17/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:16:26 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] installing linux on the 50ct > >>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:47:48 +0800 >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Well my experience with this is that as much as possible, keep the >>install process standard (which in most cases means boot off the CD and >>execute a standard install, adding options if necessary then making >>specific changes like X and PCMCIA once installation is complete) ... >>thats the way that the installers would have tested the most and is least >>likely to stuff up orhave unintended 'consequences'. Remember, there are >>many, many ways of installing and not all of them will have been >>rigorously tested. You can always copy the RPMs across after >>installation, just before you put the hard drive back in the libby ... > > >Hey Raymond, > >Would you have any experience in tracking down drivers to get the Mandrake >7.1 installation disk to be seen on various CD-ROM drives? I gave up on PCMCIA CD-ROM drives under DOS or Linux boot disks ages ago when I jumped through hoops to get a DOS PCMCIA disk thingy working on a Portege 3110 for work ... I stick to IDE drives (be it internal or by putting the hard drive into a desktop). Having said that, by the looks of things, its actually easier to get parallel CD-ROM drives working under Linux or DOS boot disks than it is getting PCMCIA ones working ... go figure. > I'm wondering if maybe I can install Mandrake right onto the L50 from a > CD-ROM drive, I might have better luck at getting a clean installation > than trying to clean up problems from installing on the desktop, and then > plugging it into the L50. Well Mandrake is just a 'refined' version of Redhat ... Kudzu does an admirable job of reconfiguring and I've never had a problem with moving Linux installs from computer to computer or from desktop to laptop ... or rather I've never had a problem that I wouldn't have encountered if I installed Linux straight onto the target computer. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
