This mail was from, uh, a year ago, but I'm curious what has been fixed and what not fixed. Marvin Stodolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > P0) Under Win95 on this laptop > rawrit2 was not successful > dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync > was successful both on my desktop with LS120 drive > dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/hdc ; sync > and on this laptop after Linux installation > dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync I dunno. Is this problem still extant? Anyhow have a fix? > beginning with Boot+root floppies, installation was OK until > > P1) menu Make Bootdisk call hung the script > 2nd console was OK and I rebooted I think this was fixed a while ago? We just use superformat... perhaps a bug needs to be filed on superformat (isn't that in the fdformat package?) > But since floppy is ATAPI and ide-floppy support is not in linux kernel on > the new boot floppy > reboot was Painfully slow. > RECOMMENDATION: The make boot script should give a warning with intent: > "If this is a laptop, your floppy disk is quite possible of the > ATAPI type. > If so this Boot Floppy may not function or only boot very slowly > because ide-floppy support is not included in the kernel "linux" on the > floppy. Wouldn't it be better to try to get, say, the idepci kernel to support that ? Has anyone tried filing a bug against kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-idepci to include that? > P3) the letter keys under the menu were not functional > Only TAB worked > Ctl-C restarted the menu, but with the same problem > > The 2nd and 3rd consoles were OK for keyboard function. Thereon Hmm. I've never heard of this one before. Do you have a non-std keyboard? We'd need more information on how to reproduce this. > had to > P3) ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom Ouch. This should happen automatically. File a bug against boot-floppies if you can still reproduce this. > had to > P4) ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse > Note: apt-get install gpm > DID NOT report availability of gpmconfig > I consider this a Bug Woudl be a bug against gpm, right? > P5) still no letter key function under menu > opened 2nd condole, ran > /etc/init.d/keymaps.sh > !!! Restored the keyboard under the Menu > > On an earlier install trial I got as far as the "Apt Configuration Menu" Ah, is that a bug against console-tools perhaps? -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
