Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 14:02:21 ric | Subject | Re: Couple of questions 1 real stupid - sorry | From | lawson_whitney@juno ... |
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On Tue, 11 May 1999 georgek@netwrx1.com wrote:
> Hello: > > 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
This is more RAM than the total for all the computers I've ever programmed in my life. Including mainframes.
> 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
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > with NO success using either a SuperDisk or 1.44MB standard floppy > formatted under WIN98. What the %^*&% am I missing??
win98 don't do umsdos. vfat is fat16 with a long filename kluge, and probably what it'd use on a floppy. cat /proc/filesystems to see what choice you have. > > 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. > > 3) Is the SuperDisk and the Xircom Ethernet supported in the PCMCIA > package? > > 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.
I'm just guessing. I'd try PS/2 mouse for the glide point thingy. > > 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..... > > 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.... > > 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.... > > Thanks, > George
Well, that's 1 and a half of your questions answered. If you get that much of a response from each of the lists you cross posted to, you should be right.
Lawson >< Microsoft free environment
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