Re: RedHat CD ? archive type???

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From: Peter Barker
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:00

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I have not had much experience, but I think you may have to make a new
kernel (using your presently installed Linux) which includes the
driver for your Adaptec SCSI, and the idecd driver for your
CDROM. I use the idecd for my SB CDROM, but I don't have any SCSI
cards.
Good luck
Peter Barker.

In <4qlc47$fa9@drjones.next.com.au> julian@drjones.next.com.au (Julian) writes:

>Hi.

>I have the RedHat CDrom but I cannot get the bootdisk
>to recognise my creative labs cdrom which is attached
>to my soundcard. So I copied the files to my scsi HD
>and installed from one partition to another.

>I did not install all the files.  How can I now
>selectively install various applications  (for instance
>just PERL). I do not know how the RPMs have been 
>compressed so I cannot uncompress them...

>Secondly, how can I get Linux to recognise my soundcard
>and cdrom...I had to use my bootdisk which did not 
>detect them because it was the only one which would 
>detect my aha2940 scsi card.

>thanx

>julian
>julian@drjones.next.com.au
>.

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Peter Barker                   |  Internet     peterb@zeta.org.au
                               |  Telephone     +(612) 315 8554

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