[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 10, Issue 9

[Richard Geoffrion]

Chuck wrote:
> This gets asked here allot, and over the past 6 months I have not
> seen a reply from anyone who has got the PCMCIA cdrom to work for
> installation.  I had to copy the install files for Vector Linux to a
> separate one-gig partition and install it from there.  There must be
> a way to do that with Mandrake, making a minimal installation, then
> use the cdrom to install other RPM's after it is installed.
>
> If everyone would write-up how they installed Linux on their machine
> (except those of you who have bootable CDROM's) maybe we can work out
> a FAQ for this item.
>
> Chuck Graf
> cfgraf.com
>

Would the DOSSLACK project be of any use to you??  This allows slack users
to boot to a dos diskette and load the dos CDROM driver so that the CD can
be seen in the slackware install.  It beats making all those slackware
floppies.

http://www.userlocal.com/dosslack/

--
Richard