[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE install on a Packard-Bell (yech)

[Steve Baker]

Brian wrote:
> 
> Ever persistent in my quest to convert the masses, I've been trying to
> help my brother install SuSE 6.2 on a Packard-Bell 486.  The problem:
> The CD-ROM isn't recognized by the install script.  Solutions tried:
> We've confirmed the CD-ROM is a Panasonic/SoundBlaster16-compat combo,
> at port 0x220, type 6, but the autoprobe that's done when you try to
> install the CD-ROM module fails.  Per the FM, we're using "sbpcd
> 0x230,6".  Anybody have any suggestions, short of a new computer (which
> isn't an option right now)?

I had a friend who tried to install Linux on his Packard-Smell 486. He
never did succeed.

If you only need a 486, you can have my old one as a gift if you care to
drive to Cedar Hill to pick it up.

Mail me privately if you want to take me up on this offer.

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