Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-11 Thread Tony Nugent
On Mon Dec 11 2000 at 17:55, John Summerfield wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Gosh I'm good to you. You are indeed... > "the drivers.img file in the images subdir (same directory as boot.img & > bootnet.img boot floppies) is your driver disk image ... drivers.img ?? When did that arrive?

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-11 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Eeek. Anybody else have a definitive answer to this problem before I > spend time doing that? Gosh I'm good to you. "the drivers.img file in the images subdir (same directory as boot.img & bootnet.img boot floppies) is your driver disk image ... "dd that file to a fl

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-11 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Still, it is a good question as this issue has hit me before. > I've had other situations in the past trying to install onto (or Not to mention thos nice new ATA100 plugin adaptors where one has to get a driver from the website. There ought be something sticks out

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-11 Thread Tony Nugent
On Mon Dec 11 2000 at 16:46, John Summerfield wrote: Heh, this appears to have become a public conversation between just the two of us! Come on, others are allowed to join in! :-) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Still, it is a good question as this issue has hit me before. > > I've had other s

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-10 Thread Tony Nugent
On Mon Dec 11 2000 at 14:53, John Summerfield wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > But I want to know how I can get the installer's kernel to easily > > load that sbcd.o driver module! > > > Can anyone tell me??? please... > > > Does this not work? (I'm looking at file:/mnt/cdrom/RH-DOCS/rhl

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-10 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > But I want to know how I can get the installer's kernel to easily > load that sbcd.o driver module! > Can anyone tell me??? please... Does this not work? (I'm looking at file:/mnt/cdrom/RH-DOCS/rhl-ig-en-7.0/s1-in stall-begin-install.html) If a drive is not detecte

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-10 Thread Tony Nugent
On Mon Dec 11 2000 at 12:53, John Summerfield wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I need to install redhat 7.0 on a box that has no networking > > available, but it does have an old panasonic cdrom hanging off a > > soundblaster card. (Even if networking was available, setting up a > > local n

Re: installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-10 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I need to install redhat 7.0 on a box that has no networking > available, but it does have an old panasonic cdrom hanging off a > soundblaster card. (Even if networking was available, setting up a > local nfs server on a box in its local area network for a netboot > in

installer "driver disk" question

2000-12-10 Thread Tony Nugent
I am assuming that this is a FAQ, so if someone can point me in the right direction I would be very grateful. The redhat 7.0 cdrom documentation is _very_ thin on the technicalities of this issue... I need to install redhat 7.0 on a box that has no networking available, but it does have