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roberts

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,18:24

If the cdrom is connected by a pcmcia card and DSL begins to boot from it but then fails... Try booting like this

boot: dsl ide2=0x180 nopcmcia

roberts

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,18:27

For the usb one, are you sure the cdrom is good, sounds like corruption on the burn or the reader is just having difficultly to read it.

stan_dard

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,20:16

Hi thanks for trying roberts

Ive managed to boot DSL2.1 straight from the cdrom in another box with an internal drive so theres no problem with the actual disk.
I tried using the bootdisks and the USB CDROM on the same PC that worked with the internal drive and I got all the same failures as the laptop did. So I guess either the bootdisk isn't picking up on the hardware or the reader is broken. I suspect the former because the drive doesn't act like its getting any instructions (it is plugged in).
If I can get hold of one I'll try another reader.
Anymore suggestions?

Sabakonki

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,20:39

It works! You are a dude and a genius roberts.

Thanks for your help

Sorry stan_dard but I dont know how to help you.

roberts

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,20:41

If the end result is to install on an old laptop then this is what I do:

I have an old laptop with an extenal cdrom which is not recognized. But I do have a floppy drive and a usb 1.1 port.

So, I used another more capable machine to boot from cdrom and install to a usb pendrive.

Then on the old laptop, I use the usb boot floppy with the usbpendrive plugged in. At the first boot prompt I type install.

boot: install

Then you can do a frugal or traditional install from the pendrive.

HTH

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