Re: [TCLUG:16898] Par port SCSI bootdisk?

[Gabe Turner (officer) <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

Well, if there is support for the device in the linux kernel, you can just
build a new kernel with the support compiled in and then slap it on the
install disk for your favorite distro.

Gabe

> 
> Hey, another Q:
> 
> I'm looking for a Linux bootdisk with a kernel pre-configured to support
> the Trantor Mini-SCSI parallel port host adapter. I've got a Mini-SCSI and
> it seems like a perfect solution to installs on notebooks and desktops
> that have no CDrom or ethernet. I've read the pages on the PP support,
> lots of confusion about kernel patches etc...
> 
> Does anyone know of a source for such a disk? I can't be the first person
> to use the Trantor to install Linux.. :)
> 
> Bill Layer
> Sales Technician
> b.layer@vikingelectronics.com
> 
> 
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