Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12

[Gordon Buzowetsky]

>
> >  Whoa...Devon...I was using miniconda not slinky....
>
> OOPs, sorry, my mistake.
>
> > Slinky went through beautifully (P166)...just I couldn't add in my
> > antiquated cdrom drivers with it(actually never tried).  I'm now trying
> > on an old 486 with a proprietary cd, I gotta use sbpcd on that one.
> > Ergo: went over to miniconda, cause it asks for a driver disk...we get
> > over that hurdle...it loads the driver and sees the cd...then when it
> > asks for the 'updates' that's where I get into trouble...
>
> Ok, I may have a fix for you. Try this:
> http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rule/miniconda/updates-v0.7.0.img
>
> Try writting that image to a floppy with the rawrite utility on the Red
> Hat CD.
>
> > That was why I had mentioned that in a earlier post...about being nice
> > if I could load external modules...;-)
>
> Just as soon as I figure out how. :)
>
> - -D
>
That's got it Devon!!!....went right through the sequence...didn't balk
once.  Installing as I write.   Think I'm gonna get old before it finishes
tho....trying kind of a minimum install about 350meg....didn't dally too
long picking things...as long as it would go on the disk...;-))  Then we'll
see if we can boot it...;-)

Later...G