[PADS] Re: Windows Partition on Libretto

Mike Leone turgon@mike-leone.com
Wed Apr 16 16:41:01 2003


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LeRoy Cressy (leroy@lrcressy.com) had this to say on 04/16/03 at 12:45:=20
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> Hi Mike,
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> I found that the Debian kernel does not have pcmcia support turned on.=20

The bf24 floppies do; I've used them to install onto an IBM laptop before (I
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> Also, the floppy is a propritary pcmcia device that is not recognized by=
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> Linux.  I found http://ecg.mit.edu/george/libretto-1.html to be a good=20
> source of info concerning putting a Linux distribution on a Libretto.=20

We'll check it tonight.

> Also, we still need a FAT32 partition with windows :-( still on it to=20

Has Win95 installed already. Only a 2G drive.

> load the files necessary for a basic install.  I think we could use the=
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> image files and mount them using the loopback device.
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> I'm also making a custom kernel with pcmcia support and loopback support=
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> so it will possibly work.
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