At 10:16 AM 12/21/2005, Les Mikesell wrote: >On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 08:18, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I do have a USB 2.5" drive case that I can put a drive in with the > > CDs on, but is it worth the effort? Will the install recognize that? > > > > Does anyone know were to point me to info on how to get the install > > to get things like PCMCIA and USB drivers installed initially? > >If you have another box available, it is probably easier to >to an NFS install than to deal with hardware the install >kernel doesn't handle. If you download the iso images to >a directory that is NFS exported, then boot the pc in question >with the first CD and type 'linux askmethod' at the boot >prompt, you can do the rest of the install over the network. That ASSuMEs that you have a network card that does not require either PCMCIA or USB! What I guess I am headed for is how to set up a hard drive that will be 'prepartitiones'? And the stuff sitting on a partition on the end I can afford to 'loose' (4Gb worth?). But USB would be nice! >It also saves burning and swapping in the other CD's so >it is nicer even if you don't have a problem with the CD >drive. I already have those CDs.