Creating a linux cd bootdisk

2003-10-22 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, Normally before I just use the dd if=kernel of=/floppy bs=1k to create a boot floppy. now I have a laptop which has no floppy or cdrw, it does have a cdrom and can boot from cdrom however. So is there a way I can copy the kernel image to another computer with cdrw and create a cd bootdisk fo

Creating a linux cd bootdisk

2003-10-22 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, Normally before I just use the dd if=kernel of=/floppy bs=1k to create a boot floppy. now I have a laptop which has no floppy or cdrw, it does have a cdrom and can boot from cdrom however. So is there a way I can copy the kernel image to another computer with cdrw and create a cd bootdisk fo

Re: Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-14 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I tried using the bcm4400 , exact problem as before, static ip works fine but nothing from dhcp. Perhaps I am missing something ? do you do anyt special setup other than changing the static to dhcp in /etc/networking/interface and apt-get install dhcpclient ? What about kernel options ? need

Re: Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-14 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I tried using the bcm4400 , exact problem as before, static ip works fine but nothing from dhcp. Perhaps I am missing something ? do you do anyt special setup other than changing the static to dhcp in /etc/networking/interface and apt-get install dhcpclient ? What about kernel options ? need

Re: Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-12 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I am using the b44 (experimental) driver in kernel 2.4.22 , I think I'll try the bcm4400 and see if it helps. Thanks, On 12 Sep 2003 16:50:46 +1000 Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:56, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > > Can anyone gets the B

Re: Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-12 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I am using the b44 (experimental) driver in kernel 2.4.22 , I think I'll try the bcm4400 and see if it helps. Thanks, On 12 Sep 2003 16:50:46 +1000 Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:56, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > > Can anyone gets the B

Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-12 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
cp request fine. So if anyone could get this nic works w/ dhcp then there's something wrong w/ my linux setting on this particular machine, otherwise, that means I have to go buy a pcmcia ethernet card. TIA, ThanhVu Nguyen

Dell Inspiron 5100 + DHCP

2003-09-11 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
cp request fine. So if anyone could get this nic works w/ dhcp then there's something wrong w/ my linux setting on this particular machine, otherwise, that means I have to go buy a pcmcia ethernet card. TIA, ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Two fixed network cards

2003-09-04 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I have a slightly different situation, at home my machine has a fixed static address in my local network. But at school it uses dhcp. Both places use wired ethernet so I only deal with 1 eth0 here. So is there a way / or tool that can help me do this task Ask where am I : if (home) {set e

Re: Two fixed network cards

2003-09-04 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I have a slightly different situation, at home my machine has a fixed static address in my local network. But at school it uses dhcp. Both places use wired ethernet so I only deal with 1 eth0 here. So is there a way / or tool that can help me do this task Ask where am I : if (home) {set e