From: Keith Moore (moore_at_cs.utk.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 30 1993 - 11:57:26 EST
> > + the (2.88 mb) floppy controller is different. linux can't read
> > from its floppy disk in order to install the rest of the system.
>
> If that's the major problem and it's not something like a BIOS
> incompatibility, have you tried an external floppy or perhaps
> something along the lines of installing from the hard drive after
> transferring the Linux files onto the hard drive? I know Linux
> has some sort of option that will allow you to install from the
> hard drive although I forget exactly how it works...
I did try plugging in a second hard disk/floppy controller into the
Dock 1...but no luck. I don't have an external floppy drive for this
beast. Apparently it's not an ordinary drive, but a special option of
some sort.
> > + I've also tried plugging in an external keyboard to the Dock 1's
> > keyboard jack. That didn't work either...it's just ignored.
>
> That's really bad obviously. I wonder if this problem exists under
> DOS or OS/2?
It certainly exists under IBM DOS; that's what I tried first.
Keith
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