idea how to install LOS on a pc with scsi cdrom?

Kerridis · 02-28-2004, 09:08 AM

Has anbody any idea how I can install LindowsOS 4.5 Developer Edition on a computer with a scsi cdrom? LindowsOS 3.0 installed fine, but did not recognize my Elsa microlink 56k serial modem - so I wanted to give a try to 4.5...
In Diganostics mode the last lines are:

Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Unable to mount: Invalid argument
SUCCESS: del_loop on /dev/loop/3
WARNING: CD search failed, set FOUND_CDROM and exit.
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Neo Vita · 03-04-2004, 12:30 AM

I did a quick search through the Lindows forums and found the following threads that might help you out:

https://forum.lindows.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Install&Number=178331&Forum=All_Forums&Words=SCS&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main= 177748&Search=true&where=sub&Name=&daterange=1&newerval=1&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev= #Post178331

https://forum.lindows.com/forum/show...ev=#Post116640

Kerridis · 03-04-2004, 06:45 AM

Thanks for your reply Neo Vita,
but I already found those threads - and alas they don't help me...
Do you know (or can anybody tell me) how to make a LOS 4.5 bootdisk with scsi modules? Where can I get it from? I do have LOS 3.0 which has no difficulties in recognizing the scsi cdrom drive - any chance to extract that from there - somehow?

beatupbilly · 03-04-2004, 08:18 AM

Can you boot from a USB device? What I did with an old Toshiba with no cd-rom was put the disk image on an external HD and then booted from USB. If those options are available to you anyways. Hope this helps you.