Re: [TCLUG:4715] Nec Versa LX and Linux

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Conbo (typo I intentionally decided to leave in) DVD/LS-120 or CD/LS120
drives are ide devices. Initially (after POST), the /dev/hdd (or wherever
on the IDE chain the LS-120 lives) emulated /dev/fd0 after which it'll go
back to behaving like an IDE device.  The redhat installer doesn't
anticipate the boot device to come from anwhere else than /dev/fd0.
Hopefully, they'll enable some ability to choose the location of the
supplimental image.  Meanwhile, you can try switching to VC2
(<ctrl>+<alt>+<F2>) and at the shell prompt, mount the image by hand
(although I'm not sure that there's shell access at that point in the
installer).

Peter Lukas

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Michael Hicks wrote:

> > I am trying to get Redhat 5.2 installed on a Nec Versa LX with a LS120
> > floppy drive. Boot floppy works great, but when I get to the load
> > suppl disk, I get a mount failure.
> 
> Hmm.. I'm wondering if Linux is seeing the LS120 and considering it an
> IDE device -- therefore the boot floppy is trying to mount /dev/fd0
> (which may not really exist), instead of /dev/hd<whatever>
> 
> If that's true, I think the easiest way to get around it would be to try
> and boot off a CD-ROM..  There may be some other methods..
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