marcus1060 Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) I boot of the CD everything works, but then it goofs up when I select install method, and says "No CD Device found" or something, then it asks me for a ext2 floppy with drivers on it. I then read this: We removed seldom used modules because they are large and mostlyabout old hardware. You have a solution though: - create a traditional "cdrom.img" floppy - create an ext2 floppy with command: mke2fs /dev/fd0 - find your driver in the kernel-BOOT package; for example, the driver might be: /lib/modules/<kernel-version>BOOT/kernel/3rdparty/dc395x_trm/dc395x_trm.o.gz - copy it unzipped on the ext2 floppy with the command or its equivalent for another driver: zcat /lib/modules/<kernel-version>BOOT/kernel/3rdparty/dc395x_trm/dc395x_trm.o.gz > /mnt/floppy/dc395x_trm.o - also copy (unzipped) the dependencies for that module (such as scsi_mod.o for example; there might be others, check in the modules.dep file) - boot the cdrom.img floppy with F1 then "linux expert", it will allow you to put the floppy and load the modules from there, in dependencies order of course (scsi_mod.o first, etc) But I have no computer to format a Linux Disk, as my other computer is XP. Please help!! Edited March 31, 2004 by marcus1060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 You can burn a bootable linux cd like knoppix or PCLinuxOS which will run off your cd drive and boot you into a linux desktop and from there you can format the floppy ext2 and copy the necessary files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus1060 Posted March 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Thats seams like a lot to do just to make a disk, I'll try it if no on else can help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 ah, ML-10-CE boot with cd2 and when asked for an install method/media, insert cd1 and say yes to cdrom. Use the ide-cd module if asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 say no to trying the floppy again. Edited March 31, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus1060 Posted March 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 And of knoppix and PCLinuxOS which would u suggest? And what about mandrakemove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus1060 Posted March 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 ah, ML-10-CEboot with cd2 and when asked for an install method/media, insert cd1 and say yes to cdrom. Use the ide-cd module if asked. I have tried that, it didn't work, its the device that it can't find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 oh.....sorry, I also got that error and that's how I fixed it. I haven't tried mandrakemove. I like PCLinuxOS better than knoppix. But I'm very familiar with mandrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Make sure the jumpers on the back of the drive are set correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus1060 Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Yes the jumpers are set correctly, it can boot from the CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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