Sony 505 boots to lilo, but then fails

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Sony 505 boots to lilo, but then fails
started by: Rhythmtech

Posted by Rhythmtech on Aug. 05 2004,23:24

I recently tried to boot a Sony 505 series laptop using DSL, but was promptly stopped by a message saying that the image was not found on the device. I am assuming that for some reason the cdrom, because it is on a docking station, is not accessed in the same way a standard cdrom would. So lilo isn't able to acquire the boot image. I was wondering if there was a work-around for this.

Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 08 2004,02:21

Yes,

Try searching the forums for "poorman" or "frugal" install.

Both will work from a computer that has an abnormal CDROM drive.

Posted by Rhythmtech on Aug. 09 2004,06:53

Thanks for the help, unfortunately the laptop is no longer on my bench so I'll have to wait until I encounter another one to
try it out.