installing ubuntu without bootable CD rom drive

Thomas Kaiser thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net
Wed May 25 21:29:29 UTC 2005


> I fiddled and fussed and never was able to get this to run.  Always got
> a kernel panic after a couple of seconds.  Turns out that both knoppix
> and ubuntu recognize the cd-rom drive just fine, once card services are
> loaded.
> 
> I did use loadlin, but I used it to fire up the network install.  Much
> slower and more painful, but I at least got ubuntu loaded.

So, you got an hint to boot something from DOS to install your Ubuntu. 
And if you stay on Ubuntu (or any other Linux), the job is done.

SBM is some sort of a BIOS, so that's way it could not see your CDROM. 
The BIOS or BIOS like software does not initialize PCMCIA device 
usually, as far as I know.

Regards, Thomas




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