Re: Debian 3.0r0 on a Vaio PCG-C1MHP (Firewire CD-RW only)
On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:32:56 +0100
Patrick Brunner <astaroth@nethaus.ch> wrote:
> I have recently bought a Sony Vaio PCG-C1MHP and would like to install
> Debian 3.0r0 on it (on the second partition, as Win XP is allowed to
> reside on the first partition). This Vaio Picturebook only comes with a
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM-Combo-Drive, attached to the Firewire port. As the Debian
> 3.0r0 DVD easily can be booted, it's not possible to proceed with the
> installation since none of the boot kernel flavors supports Firewire
The bf2.4 kernel has support for firewire. It is however compiled as a
module, so I'm not sure if it will be of use to you.
> Installation over the network seems to be impossible too (at least, I
> can not figure out how to do it).
What have you tried so far? Normally, this is just a matter of booting
the system with the PCMCIA card inserted. Then, provided the driver for
the PCMCIA card is present you should have an option to configure your
network prior to installing the base system. What PCMCIA NIC (or other
NIC interface) are you attempting to use?
> Is there any other way I could bootstrap Debian?
Got a floppy drive? Using the bf2.4 boot flopies should give you access
to the device, but you will most likely need the driver floppies too.
> The only feasible solution I see at the moment is to buy a USB
> floppy drive
Doesn't look like you do. =(
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Jamin W. Collins
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