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Topic: floppy network install, no cdrom required

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ke4nt1

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Posted: Aug. 30 2004,17:40

xerex

The command "sudo su" takes you to root from any shell ..
or
Use the menu >Xshells > Root Access

The file "frugal_instal.sh" is in your /usr/sbin directory ..
The file "dsl-hdinstall" is also in your /usr/sbin directory ..
( These spellings are correct )

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ke4nt

kgalan

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,04:56

I got a linksys NP100 and the instructions say to "tar zxvf pcmcia-cs-x.tar.gz". I try that from promt using tomsrtbt but I get a message about unrecognized options. Any help?

edit: forgot to mention this is after inserting the floppy with the drivers for linux.

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,19:28

kgalan, you should probably ask that question on the tomsrtbt site.
I don't know if you can just add that. As for the command option failure, tomsrtbt uses busybox. I would try using separate commands like this:

gzip -d pcmcia-cs-x.tar.gz
tar -xvf pcmcia-cs-x.tar

But as for futher installation, please check with the guys at tomsrtbt.

Donovan
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Posted: Sep. 10 2004,03:29

Hi all,

I tried to download tomsrtboot but all I found was a 2.3 meg zip file. What parts of this do I put onto the bootable floppy? What am I missing?

Thanks,
Donovan

ke4nt1

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Posted: Sep. 10 2004,03:59

The zip file is for use in windows ..

Once you unzip the file, you will find an *.img file in there ..
Use rawrite or another utility to WRITE this IMAGE to a floppydisk ..
You'll need a NEW floppy, as it formats to 1760K , not the usual 1440K ..
There cannot be ANY bad blocks..
You are not copying the FILE to the floppy, you are writing the IMAGE it contains ..
Like making a DSL CD , you don't copy the .iso to a cd, you burn the IMAGE it contains ..

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ke4nt

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