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Chris Smart wrote: |
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>Hmm.. can you open the Dell, or is it still under warranty? |
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>If you can open it, then you could install a temporary cdrom drive. |
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There is no feasible way to install a temporary cdrom drive, its a |
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bladeserver. |
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>If you can buy or borrow a 64mb or higher usb stick, you could use this |
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>distro, flonix, that I just found on the net. |
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>http://linuxdocs.tuxfamily.org/flonix/index.php |
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>It is designed to run from a usb disk - you could boot to this (like |
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>knoppix) and install gentoo from there.. |
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>Just a thought :) |
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And A swell one. I certianly need to get a usbstick for occasions like |
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this but this is not a solution at the moment. |
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>-----Original Message----- |
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>From: Eric G Ortego [mailto:eric@×××××××××.org] |
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>Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2004 9:49 AM |
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>To: gentoo-server@l.g.o |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Dell 1655mc |
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>Chris Smart wrote: |
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>>Hi Eric, |
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>>Perhaps this may help you on the forum |
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>>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=57754&highlight=boot+usb+disk |
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>>it's a "Build your own Gentoo install / boot / rescue USBStick" |
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>>I think to get your usb cd to work on boot, you need to tell the right |
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>>modules to load at the beginning.. which won't happen on most distribution |
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>>cds. |
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>>You could make your own gentoo boot usb stick, and install gentoo from |
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>that. |
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>>It's kind of diving in head first :) but the forums are very good. |
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>>Anyway, perhaps reading the thread will spark some ideas. |
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>>Chris |
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>Thanks, I do have an existing gentoo install, unfortunatly its on my |
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>laptop which is a ppc not a P3. |
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>And I don't have a pen drive just this cursed cdrom. |
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>>-----Original Message----- |
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>>From: Eric G Ortego [mailto:eric@×××××××××.org] |
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>>Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2004 9:39 AM |
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>>To: gentoo-server@l.g.o |
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>>Subject: [gentoo-server] Dell 1655mc |
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>>Has anyone any information on installing gentoo on a Dell Poweredge 1655mc? |
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>>My problem is that these servers don't have ide or scsi floppy or cdrom |
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>>drives. |
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>>It has just one usb 1.0 plug which I *can* boot the live cd from, but |
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>>*all* the cd's(knoppix too) fail to find the cdrom device when It comes |
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>>time. |
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>>I've tryed PXE booting to start the install but I only have a redhat |
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>>server to work from and for me thats like pulling my own teeth with a |
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>>claw hammer. |
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>>Someone mentioned having to pass arguments to the kernel at boot , I |
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>>have tryed nohotplug , hdc=ide-scsi , hdc=/dev/scd0 , and several others |
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>>without success. |
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>>HELP I really really need to be redhat ridden, I suck at rpm's and |
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>>don't care to waste the rest of my week learning them enough to remove |
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>>RH to install gentoo. |
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