Re: Install Debian using PCMCIA Zip100 miniDrive
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, m.nine.six wrote:
> as far as i know it is posible to install the potato from a pcmcia
> device. BUT the pcmcia isn't integrated into the kernel. for that reason
> you have to setup the basic install from the disks (about 11 disks) and
> then install the rest of the system from the pcmcia device zip, network
> or anything else. --- the most of the pcmcia will be integrated into the
> kernel in 2.4.0 kernel.
>
> if i made a mistake and since potato is released and changed something
> please correct me...
>
>
> "Daniel E. Baumann" wrote:
> >
> > Hello all. I have a question regarding installing debian on my laptop. I have
> > a zip100 minidrive that I use with a pcmcia card. I am using it successfully
> > under redhat 6.1 with the ide_cs pcmcia kernel module. I was wondering if it
> > would be possible to install Debian from this. I have made the boot and root
> > disks and I want to put the drivers.tgz and the base2_2.tgz on a zip disk and
> > install from that. Linux sees this drive as /dev/hde4. Is this going to be
> > possible to do with the current debian installation method or will I need to
> > hack it? I have no problems with rolling a custom kernel if I have to.
> >
> > Dan
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> > Daniel E. Baumann
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> >
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> > "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code."
> >
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Does that mean I have to install the separate floppy images for base2_2.tgz
and drivers.tgz or just base2_2.tgz? I know I can install all the packages
that I want separately after the base install, this is not what I'm concerned
about I just want to be able to install the base system from my pcmcia zip
drive. From what you have written it doesn't look like this is going to be
possible so I'll probably have to get some floppies ready. I just didn't want
to have to do that because after reading the install guide they kind of got
me paraniod about using a bunch of floppies. Although, they are just
trying to be on the safe side :P. I do have another machine to work off of
too so even if one of my floppies is screwed up I should be able to recover
and try to install again.
Thanks,
Dan
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Daniel E. Baumann
E-mail: baumannd@msoe.edu (preferred)
baumannd@trio.msoe.edu
baumannd@penguinpowered.com (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce)
Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd
http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd
"Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code."
-- Dave Olson
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