backpack series 6 parport install
howdee,
i hadnt found this forum until just now, but i thought id post a note about my experience installing slack9 using the bpck6.o driver thru parport on an old laptop. since the laptop did not have any cdrom, usb, or eth-ports; i chose to do a parallel port cdrom install rather than try to get a pcmcia-network card working. in hindsight (and with another more powerful computer) everything seems easy, but heres the main link: http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/hfelton...75t/index.html in particular, on page3 theres a quickie modules.zip-file that i used on a fourth floppy to actually get it all working. the instructions are kinda stream-o-consciousness... basically, it took bare.i, install.1, install.2, and this modules.zip to make a bootable parport cdrom drive so that i could do the basic install for slack9. the reason parport.i couldnt be used is that bpck.o was compiled into the kernel and i had a newer backpack-cdrw that needed the bpck6.o drivers. im not sure, but it seems like (since there are 2 root disks) it should be easy to add most of the loadable modules that anyone could reasonably want instead of the roundabout way i had to use. is there some reason NOT to add the modules into the install.1/.2 root disks? otoh, i never was able to get modprobe to do anything while booting from the floppies - so maybe i missed something obvious. good luck, h. :newbie: |
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