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Re: [PLUG] "Current" Linux on old laptop
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The problem with a non-bootable cdrom is the booting part. All you need
is to load the boot loader, and then you can boot the kernel off of a
cdrom. Knoppix probably has a way to do this-- boot with the floppy and
continue with the cd.
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 17:10 -0400, jazzman@exdomain.org wrote:
> No. The whole point of using a floppy install was because my old Thinkpad
> can't boot from CDRom, so a Knoppix CD is useless. I've had RedHat
> installed on it previously and once the system is fully installed
> everything works with at least 2 of these network cards, that I know for
> sure. It just seems like the Debian install isn't playing nice.
>
> I am going to try again and see if I can get anywhere with it.
> Thanks
> Marc
>
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Have you tested the interfaces with Knoppix or something else?
> >
> > jazzman@exdomain.org wrote:
> >
> > >However none seem able to get an address via DHCP. I have tried manually
> > >assigning an address and they still won't talk to anything. I have
> > >attempted to restart the network services and what not, ifconfiged the
> > >heck out of the network cards... all to no avail.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
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