Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:39:31 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Another combination that's near enough impossible to install Linux on > is a system with one or more EIDE hard drives, but with only SCSI CD > drives. On all the distributions I've tried, this combination doesn't > even come close to working - usually, the system gets stuck in a loop > where it needs to access the CD drive to read the driver needed to > access the CD drive. >
I have done this with slackware with no problems.
Slackware does require that you boot from a floppy and pick the image tht supports your hardware, but once you have done that it is clear sailing.
David Lang
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