Re: 2.1 Installation and Backpack CD-Rom
The Backpack, AFAIK, requires parellel port device support, plus
additional kernel module support, under the "paride" (PARallel IDE)
configuration options. I'm not sure that typical installation kernels
have this support built in. If they aren't, you would probably have to
build your own installation kernel and get it onto the install media
somehow. This would probably be difficult for a newbie, and would
require installing Linux (or finding a Linux installation) elsewhere
<g>.
I would recommend a networked install via PLIP or a supported network
(internal or PCMCIA) card from another machine. Yet another option
would be to locate and install a CDROM drive for the duration of the
installation. Given that CDs are extermemly common and a popular media
format, obtaining a CDROM drive would probably be a good thing.
Locally, slow (8x - 12x) CDROM drives are being advertised from $US 30 -
50. Affordable by most metrics.
On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 06:32:07PM -0500, DONALD L. WRIGHT wrote:
> Hello all --
> I am installing 2.1 onto an old 486 which does not have a
> CD-Rom. I have a Backpack CD-Rom (parallel port) which I would like to
> use, but cannot figure out how... Kernel and base have been successfully
> installed with floppies, but the Backpack is not being recognized, and I
> am not sure what to do. The manufacturer (Micro-solutions) has a module
> file on their ftp site but I don't know how to integrate that into what I
> am doing (Do I need to use Rawrite2? If so, how? And at what point does
> this need to be introduced?)
> (I do have online access and a computer w/ internal CD-Rom, but
> neither on the 486 in question.)
> (Did I mention that I'm very green at this?...)
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
> -- Lee Wright
>
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