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Re: floppy/CD install for 1.3

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Gereon Wenzel
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Apr 7, 2005, 11:33:52 AM
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Uli Link <VonRechts...@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote in message 
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 > Louis Ohland schrieb:
 >
 > > OK, has anyone managed to create a floppy/CD install for 1.3?
 >
 >
 > I would still say: it's possible.
 >
 > But you'll have to build first a new set of boot diskettes with a
 > generic kernel including the CD-ROM driver.
 > Second you have to change the scripts of the installation shell, with
 > the network setup as a template.
 >
 > The boot diskettes will be limited to a *fixed* SCSI ID of the CD-ROM on
 > the primary IBM SCSI controller, or you'll have to build a new boot
 > diskette set :-(
 >
Wasn't there a Floppy tape install available for 1.3?
I dimly remember to have seen some IBM part numbers about that.
Swapping /dev/stape for /dev/scd in the install script should be possible?
I know its not that easy, but at least its a way to try.
Gereon Wenzel

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