WOW...your desktop ( tower ) PC supports a LAPTOP IDE interface????
I am impressed.
Jaguar
"Simon Norris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Couple of suggestions;
<snip>
> 2. This is the method I use on my machine, a variation may work on yours.
As
> I haven't got access to a CD-ROM on my Linux box, I physically take the
hard
> drive over to my main machine, and copy the files onto a FAT16 partition on
> the hard drive. I then take it back, and install from hard drive. I can
then
> delete this install partition.
> What I'm basically suggesting is to use DOS/Windows or similar to load a
> partition from the Linux CD-ROM (If you're short on disk space, you only
> need the RPMS folder), then boot from floppy and install from hard drive.
If
> DOS can see your backpack CD-ROM, boot from a DOS floppy with the CD-ROM
> plugged in the back. Or use a DOS floppy to get the hard drive partition
> bootable, boot with the CD-ROM in place, and copy the files from there.
<snip>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael D. Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:48 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Install problems...
>
>
> I have a WinBook Laptop computer and I am trying to figure out how to
> install Mandrake RH6.0.
>
> I can not get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM drive.
>
> Here is what is going on...
>
> 1. I insert the removable floppy drive and boot from the boot disk.
> 2. When I get to the point where it asks me to pick which cd-rom drive
> to use, I remove the floppy drive and insert the cd-rom drive with the
> CD #1 in it.
> 3. I went through the entire list for CD-ROM drivers and it can not
> find the cd-rom.
> 4. It is not SCSI.
>
> I have an external CD-ROM drive as well that hooks up to the parallel
> port as well. I tried it and it can not be found. The CD-ROM is a
> "Backpack".
>
> I tried Fdisk the hard drive and copied the 9 files from the boot disk
> to it to see if it may be a problem from swapping the CD-Rom with the
> Floppy drive. I can not get it to boot from the hard drive. I fdisked
> the hard drive using DOS 6.0 fdisk utility and formatted it. I copied
> the boot disk to the hard drive and it would not boot from the hard
> drive.
>
> I just need to install Apache web server and X-Windows so I can show off
> a working copy of my web site when I am on the road.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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