Re: using an external USB CD to install woody (was: woody install on laptop)
"Michael" == Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> writes:
Michael> Hmm. That's useful to know. How about this .. I have a
Michael> friend who has an IBM ThinkPad with a broken internal
Michael> CD-ROM, but a working floppy . However, she has an
Michael> external USB CD-RW. Since the woody install diskettes
Michael> include USB support as modules, can I use this external
Michael> USB CD drive to install woody on her laptop (after
Michael> booting with the boot/root floppies, of course)? Or will
Michael> I need to go thru the whole install using only diskettes,
Michael> and then have it recognize the CD only after the reboot?
Michael> The last time I installed Debian not from a booting CD
Michael> was potato, a long time back. :-)
It should work, but don't trust me on this since I have not done
it. The bf2.4 boot set (6 floppies) have the USB and SCSI modules you
should need to do this, and a little bit of modconf/modprobe and USB
knowledge should get your CD-ROM working. I'd certainly give it shot.
Cheers!
Shyamal
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