Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:24:24 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I

Mark Srebnik wrote:
> 
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:57:42 -0700
> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
> 
> Thanks as always Philip for your input!

Here's some more. Try to install from HD.

Simply copy the contents of \isolinux\alt0 on MDK9.1 CDROM #1 to a
directory on your HD.

Next download
ftp://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/pub/linux/loadlin-1.6/update-1.6c/loadlin.exe.gz
(= latest loadlin.exe)
and unpack it with winzip or so into this \isolinux\alt0 directory on
your HD.

Then boot into plain DOS (when booting W98, hit F8 early in the boot
process to get a menu and choose the lowermost option, otherwise boot
from a DOS floppy).
Then, change directory to \isolinux\alt0 on your HD and start the
installation with:
 loadlin vmlinuz initrd=all.rdz ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/ram3
acpi=off vga16
and see how far you get this time.
 
> Any way to get a Linux LiveCD to work???

On a Libretto? Not that I know of.

BTW I just tried VectorLinux 4.3 and installed it on my Lib110. Worked
the same way using loadlin; only thing is that all installation files
had to be copied to a directory \veclinux on HD (some 400 MB in total).
VectorLinux is *much* faster than Mandrake, boots faster and it has a
very recent kernel (2.6.x).
One glitch is that I couldn't get my HP Deskjet printer to work (it may
be that the cups network printer driver is broken). For the rest I like
VL43 very well.

Good luck,

P.


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