On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 01:36:43PM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote: > I tried to install Gentoo on my laptop last night but my CDROM is > flaky... sometimes it can read from it but sometimes it fails. > > The bad part is when doing something like mke2fs and it fails, then > something (bash?) remembers that and doesn't try to spin up the CD > again. > > Kbob pointed out this set of instructions... > Installation from a boot floppy HOWTO > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=8690 > > So now my task is to find a good floppy boot disk that has PCMCIA and > network modules. > > Any recommendations? > > Should I build my own? I can make a kernel for generic x86 with pcmcia > and build a rescue floppy, can't I?
What's on the laptop right now? If it is any distribution of linux, just do a bootstrap install over the network. The gentoo install howto will tell you how to. ;) Also, I wouldn't recommend gentoo for a laptop. Long compiling times will heat up the laptop more than it was designed for. Cory -- Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information Adaptable IT Consulting Technology to Your (858) 705-1655 Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
