Re: is more floppyies needed other than rescue & root.bin?
Joe Heuring <jjheuring@home.com> writes:
> Objective. to do an ftp install off of the rescue and root.bin
> floppies.
Replace ftp with http, and you're in business with woody.
> Hello, I am trying a new install via rescue.bin 2.2.17-reiserfs, from
> kernel-image-2.2.17-reserfs_2.2.17pre6
>
> This floppy correctly sees my nic card as it displays:
>
> 3c59x.c 16AUG00 Donald Becker and others
> http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.htm ---before it prompts me for
> the rescue root.bin
>
> The root.bin creates the file system no problem but then says it does
> not recognize my nic card and that I should put in a floppy that
> contains the driver. As I had understood it, it should already be
> loaded. I haven't made it past this point yet but it also doesn't look
> good to do an ftp install using these two floppies.
> Are there any more floppies I should use or am I missing an obvious
> step?
Obvious step:
don't use the vanilla set
use idepci or compact instead
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...Adam Di Carlo..<adam@onshore-devel.com>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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