Hi Jim, This came straight to me, and I don't see it on the list - you might want to check that and post to the list if you need to (other ideas...). I would try PLIP - the driver is on the modules disk, and all you need is a parallel laplink cable hooked up to another Linux box (which presumably you have, if doing a network install). PLIP is intended for just this very problem. Brgds, Tony At 16:33 21/09/2001 +0200, Jim Hatridge wrote:
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 20:28, you wrote:
Hi Jim,
Just boot from the boot (floppy) disk which comes in the 7.2 box (or make one from an image file on CD1. You will get a prompt boot: which after a small delay, the standard boot will continue. AS SOON AS this boot: prompt appears, type the below mentioned parameters, and you should be OK.
Brgds, Tony
HI Tony et al,
Thanks that got me over that hump. I can now start the install. BUT my new and inproved problem is that the driver for my network card is not on the modules diskette.
The deal is I don*t have a CD on this old laptop and the only NIC I have is a Realtek Pocket RTL8012. This thing plugs in to the printer port. I think that it's the "At-lan-tec / Realtek Pocket adaptor" that is listed on my main system's Yast. If not, I can always d/l the driver from the 'net. But the question now is how do I get the durn thing loaded? I mean how do I make a modules disk that the bootdisk software will read?
Can anyone help? (Please?)
TIA!
-- Jim Hatridge
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