Re: Ruffian without floppy drive

[George France <france handhelds org>]

Hello Ling,

I would also check the standard stuff, lose cables (both power and data), if 
the floppy activity light comes on and stays on, then you probably have the 
cable reversed, and it could also just be a bad floppy or cable.  If all else 
fails, Stefan is correct.

Best Regards,


--George

On Sunday 21 December 2003 10:00, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Ling-En Kao <lekao CCCA nctu edu tw> [031221 14:55]:
> > Is there any means to install Linux on Ruffian without floppy drive or
> > tips to get the floppy drive detected?
>
> IIRC, the Ruffian firmware does not allow booting from CDROM, unlike
> AlphaBIOS. But you can install Milo and a kernel to your harddisk using
> a different machine, put the harddisk back in and start the installation
>
>   Stefan