Re: [debian-knoppix] Problems with Knoppix on IBM ThinkPad TransNote
Hi Chris,
>> I am trying to get Knoppix (c't edition) to run on my IBM ThinkPad
>> TransNote (at least 2 yrs old), trying to test it on exotic hardware.
>> The TransNote has no drives built-in, so I (try to) boot from an USB
floppy
>> drive and an USB CDROM.
>There is no USB support in Knoppix at boot time. So, unless the
>notebook has some transparent IDE over USB emulation (which would work
>without USB drivers), booting Knoppix from CD is impossible on this
>machine.
So, how would I have discovered that?!
>If you have a (v)fat partition on the hard disk, you can create a
>directory "KNOPPIX" on that partition and copy the 500MB file "KNOPPIX"
>from the c't CD into it. After that, boot the Knoppix floppy.
That worked flawlessly :-))
Thank you (Eduard - thank you, too. Will try that later.)
Jan
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