[Rule-list] Ok,,, but what if you don't have a cdrom

[James]

Devon, Martin,
   Checked the media it's fine.  I put the cdrom drive onto another comp
and it works and I can read from the disk.  Two possiblities I can see
.... #1 the pcmcia slot has a problem.  #2 (and least likely) the pcmcia
disk has a problem Need to experiment some more.  


James

Question how small is Rh's minimal install would it fit on a 500meg hdd?
(God can't believe I'm asking that about linux.)


> 
> Ok running notes to see if I can get to the point of "seeing" the pcmcia
> cdrom.
> 
> I have 3 disks in hand. pcmcia.img pcmciadd.img and updates tar.
> 
> disk one in system.... does boot from the disk!  After a very long wait.
> 
> entered linux updates
> 
> intrid img loads reasonalbly fast concidering it's a floppy
> 
> Bootup once loaded is actually faster than my desktop.
> 
> asks for PCMCIA diskd
> 
> disk accepted says it's init pcmcia dev... whoo hoo power light on the
> cdrom
> 
> asks for driver disk.... hmmmm i'll say yes
> 
> said yes left the pcmciadd disk in moved on to asking lang.
> 
> it seems to have detected the cdrom... waiting for burner to finish disk
1
> 
> reading ctrl/alt/f4 It seems to have correctly detected the cdrom drive
> sorta.  It also thinks this drive does DVD's (ha)
> 
> """ NOTE:"""" Devon you asked about the monochrome display.  The only
> hassle seems to be that the bottom say 30 pixels are off screen.  This
may
> be the monitor it may not.  If it works on this box I'm going to try the
> Libretto and I'll see if it makes a diff.
> 
> cdrom accessed fingers crossed.
> 
> loader.c appears to have started.
> 
> screen comes up asking if I want to load special device drivers.  going
to
> click add device just to see what happens.  It asked about scsi and
> network.. since I don't have a nic with me I'm going to back out.
> 
> Asking for updates disk.  Reading updates.  getting flashes on the cdrom
> id-10-t light. (now 5 minutes into install.)
> 
> No action for the last minute or so.  Letting it wait.
> 
> 2 minutes later cdrom light flashing again.
> 
> Running anaconda please wait appears on the screen.
> 
> ***Note:*** It looks like the top 100pixels of the screen are folded
onto
> the bottom of the screen.
> 
> Probing for video card comes up .... says it's unable to probe.
> Same result for monitor type
> Found the ps/2 mouse but it recognized it as a 3 button. (it's a two
> button track ball)
> 
> mouse selection screen comes up.  choosing 2 button generic
> 
> WELCOME TO REDHAT LINUX
> 
> It asks what type of system I want to istall low mem laptop custom
etc...
> wish laptop low mem existed. Chosing low mem
> 
> Disk partitioning using auto. (simulation of novice user)  although time
> between screens is slow it's not at all painful and screen response is
> very high.
> 
> partitioning underway. seems to be done blank screen up (meaning no
> selection yet.) install exiting abmormally --recieved signal 11 
> 
> ctrl/alt/f3 last 3 lines anaconda floppy device fd0
>                          Detected 16M of memory (funny it only has 11
> megs)
>                          Swap attempt of 96m to 192m
> 
> hmmmm  ctrl/alt/f4 yeilds a lot of errors erro -3 while decompressing
etc
> etc..... I think the media is bad.  Will check reburn and retry later
> tonight. All the errors seem to be I/0 errors related to the media. 
> 
> James
> 
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