[ltp] Mandrake 10.1 Additional Driver Floppie

[jacob Klitmøller]

Hi

Your problem sounds familiar. I've had the very same trying to install 
Mandrake 10.0 and 10.1 from CD (not DVD) on a Thinkpad 760ED.
As far as I can tell the problem is that the installation process 
'thinks' it is installing from a floppy. The 'additional driver floppy' 
is a floppy image located on the cds (and probably on your DVD). On the 
CD it is located in /path/to/cd/install/images/*. There is a choice of 
cddrivers, networkdrivers and PCMCIA. Hopefully you can get the driver 
for your dvd-drive there.
Since the floppy and CD-drive in my 760ED are swapable I have been 
unable to test if it works. Mandrake 9.1 and 9.2 does not have this 
problem and till now this is what I use.

Hope it helps

Jacob Klitmøller


SOTL wrote:

>Hi All
>
>I received my Mandrake 10.1 DVD disk [NOT the box set but the single DVD 
>without instruction manual] so as to update my existing Mandrake 9.1 and 9.2 
>systems Sunday.
>
>I have a Thinkpad A30P which I have successfully installed 9.1 on numerous 
>times. Unfortunately it refuses to up grade with my 9.2 disk due to some in 
>compability betweed the DVD reader and 9.2 but that is another story.
>
>Anyway I promply placed the new 10.1 DVD into the A30P and started to update 
>when I get a message saying insert "Additional Driver Floppie".
>
>Now since I only ordered the single DVD disk I do NOT have an "Additional 
>Driver Floppie" nor an I a member of Mandrake Club as that of course does not 
>come with the single DVD purchase.
>
>This raises the issue of does anybody know where I may download the data for 
>the "Additional Driver Floppie"?
>
>Thanks
>
>Frank
>  
>