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

[Kevin Brannen]

Or to take this idea 1 step farther...  Have you considered 'borrowing'
an ATAPI CD from someone else's machine (say yours :-) and install it in
his machine long enough to do an install?  You could take yours back out
after that.  After you have a working system on his machine, you may be
able to get his CD working by finding a different driver.  And if you
need to recompile the kernel, you'll be able to at that point.

HTH,
Kevin

Bug Hunter wrote:
> 
>   I've installed on pentium packard's and 486's, but had failures with the
> panasonic.  I think it should be treated like an old sony cd, or one of
> the creative labs.   Nothing will break if you try various other drivers
> and they fail to work.  It only costs some time.
> 
>   Alternatively, a newer el cheapo ($30 give or take) cd rom can be put in
> and attached to the hard drive cable and be used for the install.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> > 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)?
> 
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