Hobart Floyt wrote:
>
> I've just attempted my first linux install on a 486
> dx4/120 and it failed pretty miserably. My problem
> is it won't recognize my cd-rom drive
What kind of CDrom drive is it? Is it IDE or does it
need a sound card to connect? The sound-card type
need an appropriate module (which unfortunately may
not be available for some of the less common drives).
> even though it is on their list of compatible hardware.
My first CDrom drive was a Creative CD200 (which connected
via a sound card). It was on the list of Linux compatible
drives, but a close reading of the sbpcd documentation
revealed this: "the CD200 drive is not fully supported
- only audio will work".
> The drive worked fine in Dos prior to attempting linux,
Ditto with my CD200. It worked fine with the DOS driver,
but not with the Linux sbpcd driver.
> if anyone can point me to the answer
If you have a DOS partition on the same machine, use DOS to
copy installation files from the CDrom to the DOS partition
and install from there (using loadlin or a boot floppy).
I don't know if Caldera can do this, but Slackware certainly
can. In fact Slackware is a much better choice for a 486.
Most of the other distributions are designed for Pentiums
with 32meg RAM.
> I know this is off topic.
Actually Linux is not off topic. It runs well on survPCs
(386 or better, 8meg RAM or better).
Cheers,
Steven
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