Libretto Redhat PCMCIA Install - 3 diskette system

Why Linux ?

If you're even asking this question, then I suggest you stop here. Anyone will tell you that just because you have purchased a new toy does not mean you have to put up with the vendor supplied toy operating system.

Installation using the 3 diskette system

Redhat installs do not support PCMCIA floppy disks. This is the reason why all Libretto users have been having problems installing this version of Linux onto them. Once it's on it runs like a dream.

I looked around and everyone was asking for a method of installing Redhat without the need to use another PC, remove the disk or purchase any additional hardware just for an installation.

This is where the following 3 diskette images take over. The disks include a boot disk, and two data diskettes. The first diskette enables you to boot the system and it controls the extraction of the other 2 diskettes. Once this is complete you have all you need sitting on the Hard drive enabling the system to boot into Linux with a kernel and drivers that support PCMCIA.

The following cards have been tested by myself

1. 3Com PCMCIA 3C589D - NFS install.
2. Adaptec SCSI PCMCIA (supplied with Sony PRD-250WN)- CD-ROM install.

Redhat 5.0 disk images

• Boot diskette - Label BOOT (make sure this image goes onto a system formatted disk (format a: /s))
• Data Disk - Label Disk #1
• Data Disk - Label Disk #2

Redhat 5.1 disk images

• Not yet available

• Making Floppies Under MS-DOS
  To make floppies under MS-DOS, use the rawrite utility included on the Red Hat Linux CD in the dosutils directory.
  First, label a formatted 3.5-inch floppy ``Boot Diskette'' or something similar and insert it into the floppy drive. Then, use the following commands (assuming your CD is drive d:):
  

  			d:
  			cd \images
  			\dosutils\rawrite.exe
  

  
  rawrite first asks you for the filename of a diskette image; enter boot.img. Then it asks for a diskette drive to write the image to; enter a:

  label a second diskette and then run rawrite again, using disk1.img.
  label a third diskette and then run rawrite again, using disk2.img.

• Making Floppies Under Linux
  To make floppies under Linux, you must have permission to write to /dev/fd0 (the 3.5-inch floppy drive). Label a blank, formatted diskette ``Boot Diskette'' or something similar and insert it into the floppy drive (but don't mount it). After mounting the Red Hat Linux CD, change to the images directory and use the following command:

  
  		    dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
  

  label a second diskette and then run dd if=disk1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
label a third diskette and then run dd if=disk2.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k


Give billy@microsoft.com a call and ask him to play Queen Greatest Hits - Track 2 Created By: Kevin Tomlinson Date Created: 03 June 1998 Date Last Modified: 23 June 1998