Re: Can I use a RedHat 7.2 boot disk to install Fedora via nfs?

From: duncan brown (duncanbrown_at_linuxadvocate.net)
Date: 04/15/04

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    Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
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    ahem.

    are you on CRACK!?

    first off, your ram is a paltry amount by modern standards, i don't think
    you'll want to install a full blown/bloated distro of linux. why not hit
    distrowatch and grab one of the minimalist linux distros out there that
    are somewhat well maintained? will the fedora installer even run when you
    have only 32mb of ram? anyone know?

    and if you want to run a more robust/modern linux distro, i suggest
    finding out if your machine takes EDO or whatever kind of ram, the max/etc
    and then hit ebay and get as much as you can. you'll probably max out at
    128mb (if you're lucky), but that'll be enough to keep your box from
    killing itself with fedora.

    and, my advice is this, stick with 7.2 on the laptop, upgrade what you can
    by compiling (good lord, i remember compiling on my 486/100, i feel your
    pain, but that at least had 96 megs of ram and was back in 1997)

    i don't mean to bag on your box, dude, but you're going to have a hard
    time getting anything modern running on that.

    and, if you're doing nothing but text-mode on the box, then definitely
    stick with 7.2, maybe go for 7.3. the only thing you'd really gain by
    jumping is a more modern desktop, but i don't think you'd wnat to use this
    as a desktop, you'd also gain more modern server utils, but i don't think
    that box would be much good for a server of any sort...

    -d

    Andres Montiel said:
    > I'm trying to install Fedora on an old (P133, 32MB RAM) laptop. The
    > cdrom on the extension base doesn't work well anymore so I have to
    > install via nfs connecting to a Linux desktop.
    >
    > My problem is the 2 boot disks (made from bootdisk.img and pcmciadd.img)
    > can't detect my PCMCIA card properly. However, the bootdisks of RedHat
    > 7.2 can detect my PCMCIA card properly (I already installed RedHat 7.2
    > via nfs on my laptop before; I think it used the pcnet_cs drivers). Can
    > I use a RedHat 7.2 boot disk to install Fedora via nfs? How do I go
    > about doing this? Are there any files that I have to edit or copy?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > - Andres
    >
    > p.s.
    >
    > When I use the disks made from Fedora, and from the window I get when
    > pressing ALT-F3, I get a bunch of "unresolved symbol" messages:
    >
    > HINT: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
    > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
    > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
    > * failed to insert /tmp/ds.o
    > /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol register_pccard_driver_R1c442d6c
    > /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol unregister_pccard_driver_Rdb348cd2 *
    > failed to insert /tmp/pcnet_cs.o
    > * load module set done
    >
    >
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