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Title: CDROM: Installation from CD-ROMs at the parallel port

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CDROM: Installation from CD-ROMs at the parallel port

Applicable to
S.u.S.E. version: < 4.4.1
Kernel version: < 2.0.29

Facts:

From S.u.S.E. Linux 4.4.1 on, some CDROM drives at the parallel port are supported by beta drivers. First of all these are the BackPack CDROM drive by Microsolutions, not easily obtainable in Europe, as well as the drives by Freecom. If you use a S.u.S.E. Linux's older version, you can take a new bootdisk from our ftp server: ftp://ftp.suse.de/pub/suse44/disks/betaboot .

Procedure:

Since YaST does not still know these drives in editions older than S.u.S.E. Linux 4.4.1, you must make a few preparations manually: Once you have booted and the drive was detected (you must load the corresponding kernel modul!), please execute the following commands before YaST's start:

For the Freecom Power:

mknod /dev/pwcd b 62 0
mkdir /cdrom
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/pwcd /cdrom
For the BackPack:

mknod /dev/bpcd b 41 0
mkdir /cdrom
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/bpcd /cdrom
Here start YaST and select as installation source "reachable directory". Declare "/cdrom" as directory.

Please pay attention to the following: some of the drives must have been initialised by the DOS driver belonging to them, before they can be detected by the Linux kernel:

For not supported drives, it must be installed as usual with detour on a DOS partition.

The procedure in this case is best described in the article S.u.S.E. Linux installation through hard disk as well as in the handbook.

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Keywords: CDROM, INSTALLATION, BOOT, INSTALL, PARALLEL, PORT, PRINTER PORT, INTERFACE, FREECOM SDB_LINKS:

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