Gateway 5300 Notebook : what I did to make it work with Debian Linux
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Disclaimer, Thanks, What I run
| Hot-swapping the floppy and CDROM
| Playing Audio CDs
| Copyright, who I am
I'm running Debian Linux with kernel 2.4.5.
But I don't know much about Linux. I can run it only because I have smart friends and brother. And because other people have HOWTOs posted on the web. Thanks also to www.linux-laptop.net So if you do something I suggested and it doesn't work, don't blame me.
Hot-Swapping of the DVD-ROM / CD-ROM and floppy drives
The short story is that you compile your kernel such that the floppy and CD-ROM are both modules. Boot the machine with the CD-ROM inserted.
To use the CDROM:
- mount /mnt/cdrom
- do your stuff.....
- umount /mnt/cdrom
To swap devices (use floppy):
- rmmod ide-cd
- rmmod cdrom
- Physically remove cdrom, insert floppy
- mount /mnt/floppy
- do your stuff.....
- umount /mnt/floppy
To swap devices again (use CDROM):
- rmmod floppy
- Physically remove floppy, insert cdrom
- mount /mnt/cdrom
- do your stuff.....
- umount /mnt/cdrom
Edit the file /etc/modules.conf, add an ``alias sound-slot-0 maestro3'' line, and run ``depmod -A''. I installed WorkMan as my CD player: ``apt-get install workman''
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