Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 18:58:40 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Couple of questions 1 real stupid - sorry |
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Hi George.
> First an apology for the really stupid question I'll start > with...I'm just drawing a complete blank here.
> System Info: > Gateway 9100XL Notebook > Pentium 350MHz > 384 MB RAM > 8.1 GB Hard Disk > all Linux with 768MB of Swap partitions (6 x 128) > 120MB SuperDisk Drive > Xircom CE 10/100 Ethernet PCMCIA Adapter > Caldera OpenLinux 1..3 > kernel 2.0.35
> First the stupid question....
> 1) How do I mount the floppy drive /dev/fd0 I've tried
> mount -t umsdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> with NO success using either a SuperDisk or 1.44MB standard > floppy formatted under WIN98. What the %^*&% am I missing??
For Win98 format disks, you want the vfat format, so use...
Q> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
...instead.
> 2) Has anyone got PCMCIA working on a system like this? I've got > it enabled in the kernel but it doesn't seem to see any cards > and running cardmgr by hand get me a "no entries in > /proc/devices" error in the log.
I have PCMCIA working with my notebook and the PCMCIA ethernet card therein, but I'm using RedHat 5.2 rather than Caldera, so it's not directly the same...
> 3) Is the SuperDisk and the Xircom Ethernet supported in the > PCMCIA package?
No idea.
Does the SuperDisk plug into a PCMCIA adapter or the parallel port? If the latter, look under the ParIDE subsystem for it...
> 4) What do I select for a Mouse and Video Adapter for X-Windows > or kde here to get the built in Display and the little glide > point thingy working I can't seem to get the mouse responding at > all and am unsure on the video also.
Mouse is probably PS/2 so try /dev/psaux for that. Video depends on what video chipset the thing's equipped with...
> 5) What type of sound drivers do I need to get that working > here...I haven't tried to address this much up til now but since > I'm asking.....
Depends what chipset the sound subsystem uses...
> 6) Is there any DVD Support for the DVD that is here as well? > Not a necessity but it sure would be nice to have....
No idea...
> These are my five (or 6) core critical issues here, once I'm > past these I can get the rest of the system going (I hope). I've > done alot of Linux on "standard" machines but never on a > notebook....
Is there anybody listed on the Linux Laptops helplist who has used your model?
Best wishes from Riley.
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