Re: Net install via PCMCIA

2002-12-08 Thread nate
Chris Owen said: > Oh dear this is not going very well. > > I now find that it's not possible to mount any floppy (as the > installation program attempts to do when I run "Install the kernel and > driver modules"). If I go "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy", it churns the disk > for ages then comes back wi

Re: Net install via PCMCIA

2002-12-08 Thread Chris Owen
Chris Owen said: Hi, I am trying to do a Debian install on an old laptop. I bought a set of CDs, only to find they are CD-R's, not CD-ROMs, and my old CD drive doesn't read these... try installing the base system with floppies I think that has all the PCMCIA stuff: http://archive.proge

Re: Net install via PCMCIA

2002-12-07 Thread nate
Chris Owen said: > Hi, I am trying to do a Debian install on an old laptop. I bought a set > of CDs, only to find they are CD-R's, not CD-ROMs, and my old CD drive > doesn't read these... try installing the base system with floppies I think that has all the PCMCIA stuff: http://archive.progeny.c