Re: floppy install: is there an immage with both EIDE and Wi-FI?
edwastrodowski@yahoo.com (Ed Wastrodowski) wrote in message news:<2pcPK-OU-27@gated-at.bofh.it>...
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> Hi,
> I've an Armada 7400 with a full disk of 800 Megs; I
> found a 40 Gig Dk230eb on ebay, and I'm trying to
> install linux on it, using floppy install because I
> don't have it's CDROM; I do have a great Wi-Fi Avaya
> 11b connection from the 2.4.18 linux on the 100% used
> disk.
>
> I've discovered that the latest sarge images will do
> Wi-Fi just great (DHCP to a belkin 7230-4 router), but
> won't recognize the new 40 Gig.
>
> I've discovered that a stable floppy 2.2.20 image will
> partition the HD just fine, but won't do Wi-Fi.
>
> what to do? The installation manual is tantalizing
> with it's many ways and means of installing.. but
> unless I stumble upon a floppy image kernel that does EIDE and
> Wi-Fi, I won't succeed.
> And there seems to be a way to extract a Wi-Fi module
> perhaps, or an EIDE module perhaps, and custom kernel
> it.. but what are the exact commands for doing that?
> Section 10 says 'look for the modules that you need.'
> But what name are they? and will they be files on the
> disk?
>
> thanks,
>
> Ed
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