BTBGuy
12-20-2000, 03:06 PM
Installing Slackware 7.0 on a computer with no CD drive (but you have a backpack cd drive)
1) Get the following stuff:
- Your computer (…)
- Slack install cd
- 16 or 17 1.44 mb floppies
- access to another computer that has a cd drive
2) You’ll need to go to http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index.html and download the appropriate driver module (get the latest one that is still less than or equal to your kernel, i.e. Slack 7.0 comes with kernel 2.2.13, so I had to get the 2.2.5/2.2.12-5 version of the backpack module).
3) Extract the module to a floppy (using linux or winzip or powerarchiver or something else, TMTOWTDI!) if you need help, e-mail me or look elsewhere in this forum!
4) Ok, by now here’s what I’ll assume. A) you have the backpack cd drive hooked up to your old comp’s parallel port, B) you don’t have any parallel port drivers loaded yet (except possibly for parport.o), C) the backpack module you downloaded is on the comp as /lib/modules/2.2.xx/misc/backpack.o. D) you have a successful install of the A disk set on the old comp, with all the module stuff that is installed by default…
5) As root, type the following: insmod parport (if it isn’t installed already), insmod paride, insmod –f backpack, modprobe pcd
6) You may not see any messages after modprobe pcd, but that’s ok. You should already have a directory ready to mount the cd on, if not, type mkdir /mnt/cdrom. Make sure the Slackware cd is in the backpack drive!
7) Mount it! Type mount /dev/pcd0 –t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom (or whatever your cd mount point is!)
8) Now you should be able to cd to the drive, for example cd /mnt/cdrom
9) To install more packages, cd to the slakware directory on the cd, and type setup!
10) You’re finished!
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BTBGuy
Linux. Yeah, you know. The OS that *doesn't* crash every time you move the mouse?
1) Get the following stuff:
- Your computer (…)
- Slack install cd
- 16 or 17 1.44 mb floppies
- access to another computer that has a cd drive
2) You’ll need to go to http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index.html and download the appropriate driver module (get the latest one that is still less than or equal to your kernel, i.e. Slack 7.0 comes with kernel 2.2.13, so I had to get the 2.2.5/2.2.12-5 version of the backpack module).
3) Extract the module to a floppy (using linux or winzip or powerarchiver or something else, TMTOWTDI!) if you need help, e-mail me or look elsewhere in this forum!
4) Ok, by now here’s what I’ll assume. A) you have the backpack cd drive hooked up to your old comp’s parallel port, B) you don’t have any parallel port drivers loaded yet (except possibly for parport.o), C) the backpack module you downloaded is on the comp as /lib/modules/2.2.xx/misc/backpack.o. D) you have a successful install of the A disk set on the old comp, with all the module stuff that is installed by default…
5) As root, type the following: insmod parport (if it isn’t installed already), insmod paride, insmod –f backpack, modprobe pcd
6) You may not see any messages after modprobe pcd, but that’s ok. You should already have a directory ready to mount the cd on, if not, type mkdir /mnt/cdrom. Make sure the Slackware cd is in the backpack drive!
7) Mount it! Type mount /dev/pcd0 –t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom (or whatever your cd mount point is!)
8) Now you should be able to cd to the drive, for example cd /mnt/cdrom
9) To install more packages, cd to the slakware directory on the cd, and type setup!
10) You’re finished!
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BTBGuy
Linux. Yeah, you know. The OS that *doesn't* crash every time you move the mouse?