Re: CD drive on a parallel port

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, On 2006-09-20 06:05: Hi, I have a laptop without a CD ROM, that cannot take a CD rom, and that cannot take USB either [PCMCIA I/II only, which rules out USB port cards it seems]. You could find a PCMCIA Ethernet card that is supported by the Debian boot floppies (ass

CD drive on a parallel port

Hi, I have a laptop without a CD ROM, that cannot take a CD rom, and that cannot take USB either [PCMCIA I/II only, which rules out USB port cards it seems]. I have however obtained a CD drive that connects to the parallel port. With a bit of hassle, this can be got to work with DOS - ie. it