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[elmarsa dice <elmarsadice AT yahoo.com>]

Steven, Again, many thanks to you for the reply.  Also to Sindi.

--- 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> elmarsa dice wrote:
> >
> > I checked the splash screen but it didn't mention 
> > anything about cdrom. 
> 
> Floppy version, right?  Here's the bottom of the splash screen:

Right, but I think I got a truncated version.  I have it installed on
the harddrive and am booting from it. I go to /etc/rc and read the
splash screen on the xterm screen.  Same result if I go to /etc/rc
outside of xterm i.e. the d command.

>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Use d to browse directories and view files (using the arrow keys).
> Adding --help to a command usually gives you brief documentation.
> For some commands, man [command_name] will provide more
> documentation.
> To configure a modem, use pppsetup.   To send/receive mail, run
> mail. 
> Execute wp to run a primitive word-processor.
> To activate the stand-alone GUI, execute startx (requires 8mb RAM).
> 
> For remote X (via network), execute startxt (works with 4mb RAM).
> See /etc/rc.hd for commands to activate cdrom/network/pcmcia.
>
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My version stops before the last line.  I don't have the
"See.../pcmcia." line.
> See last line.
> 
> > Had some problem mounting it because the drive was called 
> > hdb 
> 
> It all depends on which IDE interface the CDrom is plugged
> into.  My CDrom is at /dev/hdc
> 
> > Must I do the insmods and mount drill everytime I restart 
> > the computer? 
> 
> Are you booting from two floppies?  If so, then yes you
> need to do the insmods yourself.  However, if you have
> installed BL3 to HD, you can edit /etc/rc to do that
> automatically (just remove the # at the start of the line).
> 
> > rebooted once and lost the cdrom.  
> 
> The kernel has no memory of previous insmods.  Every time 
> you reboot the kernel, it needs its modules re-installed.  
> This is best done in the startup script (/etc/rc).

I am booting from the hard drive and after getting your instructions
I now have the cdrom working on boot up although I must mount it.  I
will write a short script to mount it and hopefully it will all be
automatic.  Now that I have learned that I will try to get my
ethernet working.

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
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elmarsa

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