Installing from an external CD-ROM

[4dafreak]

Does anyone know of a linux distribution that would allow me to install from a Micro-Solutions Backpack external CD-ROM? It runs through the parallel port. I've tried Red Hat 6.1 but I had no luck.

[FoBoT]

somebody here has done that
do some forum searches

if i find a link, i will re-post



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[FoBoT]

evil_roy tried, but the thread died, he never said if he got it to work
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/012320.html

theraje did it but with an old red hat 5.2 distro
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum2/HTML/001713.html

MojoJojo sorta did it i think, i didn't read the whole thread
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum2/HTML/003339.html

some more to check
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum2/HTML/003901.html

BadFishBrewer seems to know what up wid dat
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum2/HTML/003908.html



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FoBoT
Fixer Of Broken Things
Use the right tool for the right job!