Looking for help for Backpack CDROM.
I bought this LINUX 5.2 from Office Max and in the bottom of box says that:
Technical support provided by RedHat Inc. under contract by MacMillan
Digital Publishing USA.
ISBN: 1-57595-199-1
I was in MacMillans WEB page but it looks like they are only sale company
as Office Max as well. So, they don't have any technical support service.
Anyway, someone should know this problem.
I have tryed with everything what I can read from books I bought and what
is available in Internet, about installation of Linux.
First, because I couldn't find method to install linux to my Laptop, INNOVA
BOOK 475CDS. 100 MHz Pentium, 32 MB RAM, 4 GB HD, swabable Floppy and CDROM
4x (means, CDROM and Floppy drive are not available at same time, only one
at the time). Installation program needs always floppy when CD is started.
Second, I bought External CDROM 4X SONY, Model # CDU55E, Backpack station.
Connected to the LPT1 port.
When I run my installation program of the LINUX 5.2. Procedure is next:
Welcome to Red Hat LINUX
Register your purchase through our web site http//www.redhat.com
steps: -PCMCIA NO
-Local CDROM OK
Insert your Red Hat CD into your CDdrive now
OK
cdrom type -Other CDROM OK
Load mod -Backpack CDROM OK
Mod Opt. -Autoprobe OK
in this point I always get an error display:
ERROR: I can't find the device anywhere on your system!
Device is on my system and it works fine with MS-Windows
I suppose that problem is the installation program. When it uses Autoprobe
for find devices it comes back from the line checking too fast. Program
does not have delay long enough, even it finds device it does not know it.
Always when I push Autoprobe OK button, I can see the read lihgt in CDROM,
first ~ 0.2 sec short read light, and then right after that ~ 4 sec long
read light. But error appears already before first light.
I had an other Bacpack CDROM with Mitsumi drive. It was found sometime but
very seldom. (There was Mechanical error so I should shange that).
With that drive I got little bit more far with a installation. Until it
started looking for partition. The program did not regonize the PQ
Partition Magic partition at all. Only old DOS FAT partition.
Is there any posibility to start x-windows and all other those programs
installation from CDROM without floppy if debian is running in root, or
from Backpack CDROM
So, is there any help available or is it better to forget LINUX and my Laptop?
MOTTO: If you dont know you self, ask some else who knows!
sincerely yours,
Juhani Ilves
