Re: Debian 3.0r0 on a Vaio PCG-C1MHP (Firewire CD-RW only)
Hi, there is more than one way to do it!
On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 03:04:27PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> 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.
At boot time, there should be some pause for you to start shell for
these initrd system in genneral. Gain shell and run "insmod".
> > 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?
Since he has free partition. Repartition it with a small DOS partition.
Boot dos from there and boot strap Linux.
> 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.
This is true too.
> > The only feasible solution I see at the moment is to buy a USB
> > floppy drive
>
> Doesn't look like you do. =(
I agree.
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