Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:56:54 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - HELP!
Hi Tory (or others...) Finally had time yesterday to try installing Linux, using Tory's 'laughably easy install method'.... I got a USB cable for my EXP CDRW/DVD drive so I could install as shown below. Decided to try Mandrake 9.1, one of the Linux CD's I've got... The boot floppy booted, clicked on 'Install Mandrake'... Then I get the next Welcome to Mandrake Linux 9.1 screen but has an error message in the window "No CD-ROM device found" -> click OK -> Next window, "Please choose.... Which driver should I try to gain SCSI access.... Floppy.o Isofs.o Cdrom.o Ide-cd.o Scsi_mod.o Sr_mod.o Sd_mod.o 3w-xxxx.o Advansys.o aha1542.o atp870u.o Dtc.o Initio.o qla1280.o sym53c416.o Tmscsim.o nsp32.o aic7xxx.o aic7xxx-old.o pci2000.o Qlogicisp.o Sym53c8xx.o" After you select, you get a new window that asks, "Please fill in entries..... Please enter the parameters to give to the kernel: Options_________________________ " So could someone please advise as how I should answer the above??? Or should I give up on this approach... ;-) Thanks for any help! Mark on 9/7/04 9:38 PM, Tory Braybrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:41:06 -0600 > From: Tory Braybrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] How to Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD? > > On Tuesday 07 September 2004 08:42 pm, Mark Srebnik wrote: > > Mandrake 9.2 was laughably easy for me to install on my 110ct. > > Ingredients: > > 1 x Libretto 110ct, 64mb Ram, HD > 1 x Libretto Docking Station (With USB Port) > 1 x Libretto PCMCIA Floppy > 1 x USB CDRW > 1 x Mandrake 9.2 USB Boot floppy > > Mandrake has a single floppy that will bootstrap a USB cdrom drive. After > booting from the floppy, it recognizes a USB cdrom as a regular CDROM drive, > and you keep feeding it CDs the same you would a normal installation. Much > easier than installing Win2k on the same machine. (I had to resort to the 2.5 > IDE adaptor to get Windows installed, as I couldn't get dos drivers for any > of my PCMCIA or USB drives working) > > Tory > >> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:40:51 -0700 >> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: How to Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD? >> >> Greetings! >> >> Having successfully installed WinXP Pro on my 110CT (works pretty well once >> tweaked), I'm now ready to install Linux on it! >> >> Considering installing Slackware or one of it's derivatives...(although >> open to other suggestions)....have several Linux distro CD's that I got >> with Linux magazines...
