Re: [TCLUG:16898] Par port SCSI bootdisk?

[Tim Sandquist <tim@damango.net>]

Well, it looks like it is a patch against the 2.2.10 kernel.
It might work on a different kernel but who knows.

Assuming you have the kernel source in /usr/src/linux-2.2.10
you would do this:

$ cd /usr/src
$ cat ppSCSI-0.91.patch | patch -p0

If any parts of the patch fail it should say 'Hunks failed'
or something.  

The modules thing might be a bit of a problem if you have to boot
off of it.  I remember seeing somewhere a way to tell the kernel to
load certain modules right at boot but I can't remember how to
do that exactly.  

Tim


On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Bill Layer wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> > Since standard parallel ports are lucky to see 45k/sec, we'll be standing
> > there watching the installer for a long while.  Is there any way to pass
> > around a pcmcia NE2000 and do nfs install(s) in case the laptop has a pc
> > card slot?  Those can easily triple the paraport's speed. =)
> 
> I have a PCMCIA 10baseT Ethernet Adapter (and would be happy to share it
> at the installfest).. but I really want to get the Trantor going for
> systems that _lack_ pcmcia or cd-rom... I agree that the pport is slow as
> molasses in January, but for the machines on which it would be used, I
> doubt I would be perfroming anything like a _full_ install... and a couple
> of hundred megs goes over the cable in less than an hour.
> 
> If someone could just Elmer me through the kernel patch process, I'd be
> grateful.
> 
> Bill Layer
> b.layer@vikingelectronics.com
> 
> 
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