Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-22 Thread Fabio Olive leite
Ola! ] 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back ride on ] that systems CD-ROM. ] Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem connections. It does since a long time ago, as I installed myself my first debian system on an old notebook with no cdrom or any p

Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-21 Thread mcclosk
|> > 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back |> > ride on that systems CD-ROM. |> > |> > Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem |> > connections. Anybody any idea? |> |> Yes, it does. I have just installed debian on a laptop which only |> has a flop

Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-21 Thread robbie
Hi On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:38:30PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back ride on > that systems CD-ROM. > Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem connections. > Anybody any idea? Yes, it does. I have just inst

Re: 2.2.x boot floppy. (was: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive).

1999-04-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Hans van den Boogert wrote: [ snip ] : Next step: who knows where to find a boot floppy using a 2.2.x kernel? http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls

Re: 2.2.x boot floppy. (was: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive).

1999-04-20 Thread Robert Pintarelli
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 11:13:11PM +0800, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: > > > > Next step: who knows where to find a boot floppy using a 2.2.x kernel? > > > > i know i saw this somewhere someplace, i just cant locate it anymore. where > do i get info on how to make my own custom boot floppy ? > > chad

Re: 2.2.x boot floppy. (was: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive).

1999-04-20 Thread Chad A. Adlawan
> > Next step: who knows where to find a boot floppy using a 2.2.x kernel? > i know i saw this somewhere someplace, i just cant locate it anymore. where do i get info on how to make my own custom boot floppy ? chad

2.2.x boot floppy. (was: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive).

1999-04-20 Thread Hans van den Boogert
Thanks Jarek, >> Q1: how can you check if which module is controlling what? (the startup >> messages don't give me a clue). > >Type `lsmod` to see which modules are currently loaded. > >> Q2: how can you disable modules that you don't need? > >`rmmod ` will remove the module. > >You might also wan

Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-20 Thread Jaroslaw Miszkinis
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:38:30PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > Hi group. I'm not giving up and still want to find a way to install a full > Linux system on a 486-33 notebook with a backpack CD-ROM drive. > > Done: (1) insmod paride, (2) insmod epia, (3) insmod pcd > > After "insmod pcd"

I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.

1999-04-20 Thread Hans van den Boogert
Hi group. I'm not giving up and still want to find a way to install a full Linux system on a 486-33 notebook with a backpack CD-ROM drive. Done: (1) insmod paride, (2) insmod epia, (3) insmod pcd After "insmod pcd" it gave the message: "pcd: pcd version 1.05s, major 46, nice 0 "pcd0: epia