nec versa ultralite 600MHz transmeta install
I have an nec versa ultralite sublaptop. The model number is very
compicated, but it has a 600MHz Crusoe processor. I have been having a hard
time installing Debian. I bought a set of official CDs only to learn that
my USB-based CD-ROM drive is not supported by them. So I tried to use a
USB-enabled boot CD, but that didn't work either. So now I'm thinking I
should try to install via my PCMCIA network card, at least to get the USB
drivers so that I can do the rest by CD (I hope the fact that Eduard Bloch's
USB netinst image didn't work for me doesn't indicate that my CD-ROM drive
is completely unsupported by Debian; that would be awful!). Anyway, it's
not clear to me what image I need to download and how to proceed. I'm sure
this is some kind of FAQ, but I've spent a significant amount of time
looking for the answer without success. The system will boot from CD-ROM;
the problem is that then Linux doesn't recognize the CD-ROM drive, so all I
can do is set up a swap partition and root filesystem. I want a "bf2.4"
image so I can use Reiserfs. Thanks.
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