Re: Need help installing RH7.0 on 486 w/ Orchid SW32

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

Boris Kortiak wrote:

> I wish I could go out and buy additional hardware, but it just isn't
> possible.  Finding someone that knows what will fit into this Acer is
> difficult.


Open the case and look:)
The CDROM drive is not a problem, it's
a 5.25" drive. You probably only have one
hard drive, so the IDE controler is OK too.

Look at the the cable on the hard drive. Is there
and unused connector? If not you need a new IDE cable.
The install the CD as the slave and the hard-disk
as the Master in thet IDE cable.

You'll need to cerate/use a floppy to start the
install. The files are on the CD, along with the tools
and instructions to create one.

> Yes, it is one of those proprietary CD-ROM plugged into the sound card deals.
> I'm pretty sure that I saw a hack for the driver in RH, which is one of the
> reasons I selected RH to try.


Create a driver disk usin the oldcdrom.img file
on the CD on another computer. It has the old
non-IDE CD drivers. Look on the soundcard
and/or CD drive to find the type of interface
you are using. Then play with the drivers to find
the correct one. I don't see one for Orchid SW32,
but there's probably a compatible one there.


The 3rd option is to move the hard drive to
andothe machine, install there (make sure
you install the i386 kernel and glibc)
the move it back.

Replacing the CD is the easiest way.

	-Thomas