Thanks a lot for your help. I'm still stuck, but (perhaps) making
progress.
> Install the base system from floppies. DO NOT configure the
> 'paride' (parallel port) modules into the kernel. When it comes
> time to install the packages, do this:
Okay, I've installed from floppies, then invoked 'modconf' to remove
all modules except 'psaux' and 'serial'. The only way I found to dump
the pcmcia modules was 'dpkg --purge pcmcia-cs'. So, at this point,
lsmod shows:
Module Pages Used by
serial 8 0
psaux 1 0
> make the parallel port cdrom device (pcd0 on my Datastor EP2000 cdrom, YMMV)
There is a /dev/bpcd which suggests a BackPackCD, and it's a block
device. What do you mean to 'make' it --- should I invoke MAKEDEV or
something?
> rmmod lp (if you've installed it)
> insmod paride
> insmod <Bantam module> (dstr for my Datastor EP2000 cdrom)
> insmod <Bantam device> (pcd0 for my Datastor EP2000 cdrom)
> mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/<Bantam device> /mnt
No lp module running, and I do 'insmod paride; insmode bpck':
paride: version 1.02 installed
paride: bpck registered as protocol 0
# lsmod
...
bpck 4 0
paride 1 [bpck] 1
...
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/bpcd /mnt
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/bpcd as a block device
(maybe 'insmod driver'?)
Any other suggestions? I power the backpack up first and put the cd
in (an amber light flashes). I then power up the laptop --- does this
seem right?
