Linux on Libretto70

(1) Share your Libretto with Windows
(2) Make it a complete Debian GU/Linux machine

(1) What you need

• PartitionMagic V 3.0 (this version can handle FAT32.)
  
  
• PCMCIA Ethernet Linux compatible. (I use Accton EN2212.)
  
  
• LinuxPC with a CD-ROM and a Slackware CD-ROM.
  
  
• pcrrbfl20 files from "Walking Linux" CD-ROM (ISBN4-7561-1662-0)

(2) How to install

• Reduce Windows95 partition and create Linux partitions with PartitionMagic.
  
  
• Copy files in (CD-ROM Drive)\tools\install\pcrbfl20
  
  
• Insert Ethernet PC card.
  
  
• Boot NFS server.
  
  
• Boot Windows95 command prompt. run setup2.bat which you copied from the CD-ROM..
  
  
• Starts mini Linux. If it found Ethernet card, beeps two times.
  
  
• Run fdisk. Create Linux and Linux swap partition.
  
  
• Run setup. Choose install via NFS as Source Media SELECTION. Enter IP address etc.
  
  
• You can mount new version of Slackware if you want.
  
  
• Don't forget select 'PCMCIA' in diskset A.
  
  
• Choose CT65550 for XFree86. Select PS/2 for Lib-point as a mouse.

April 1998

Installation

You can get a FD image rescue disk and a driver disk for libretto70 from here.
https://myagi.jp/tigers-net/libretto.txt is written in Japanese.
Remember these files are for slink(Debian GNU/Linux 2.1). You will want to upgrade after installtion.

1. Get resc1440.bin.libretto and drv1440.bin.libretto.
2. Copy them to FDs with rawrite.
3. Prepare 5 base package FDs.
4. Boot your libretto with this rescue FD.
5. Follow its instruction.
6. Reboot
7. Modify your /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file to match your network environment.
8. You can install other packages with apt, dselect etc. You cannot find slink packages at Debian official sites. So, you will need a slink CD-ROM.
9. Beware of upgrading pcmcia-cs. When you are asked if pcmcia service can be stopped, say "n".
10. apt-get dist-upgarade if you want to do after you are sure that initial installtion has finished succesfully.
11. You will also want to upgrade the kernel. Please refer appropriate manuals.
12. Once you've got rid of Windows, you cannot use BIOS setup. But you can get DOS based BIOS setup utility from this site (Written in Japanese). Get libapm13.lzh and extract files from this archive. Copy LIBAPM.EXE to a DOS bootable FD. Boot Libretto with this FD and run LIBAPM.EXE. You'll be able to change several BIOS settings.
    Because readme.txt is written in Japanese, I'll show you basic instrucstion here in English.


LIBAPM [/PM{-,+}] [/ST{00,05,10,15,30,45,60}] [/OFF{-,10,20,30,40,50,60}] [/PNL{-,+}]
[/ON{-,hhmm}] [/LCD{OFF,0,1,2,3}] [/BEEP{-,+}] [/BALARM{-,+}] [/PALARM{-,+}]
[/STRETCH{-,+}] [/HIBER{-,+}] [/VOL{OFF,1,2,3}]
[/DISK] [/{POWEROFF,REBOOT,SUSPEND,STANDBY}] [/H]

1) /PM- : Hibernation off
/PM+ : Hibernation on
2) /STmm : Stand by time under Hibernation mode (mm=00,05,10,15,30,45,60 [minutes])
3) /OFF- : System Auto PowerOff Off
/OFFmm : System Auto PowerOff (mm=10,20,30,40,50,60 [minutes])
4) /PNL- : Panel switch off
/PNL+ : Panel switch on
5) /ON- : Alarm Power On OFF
/ONhhmm : Alarm Power On (hh=Hour, mm=Minutes)
6) /LCDOFF : LCD Back Light Power Off
/LCDn : LCD Back Light Brightness (n=0,1,2,3)
7) /BEEP- : System Beep OFF
/BEEP+ : System Beep ON
8) /BALARM- : Low Battery Alarm OFF
/BALARM+ : Low Battery Alarm ON
9) /PALARM- : Panel Close Alarm OFF
/PALARM+ : Panel Close Alarm ON
10) /STRETCH- : Display Stretch Off
/STRETCH+ : Display Stretch On
11) /HIBER- : Suspend Switch Resume
/HIBER+ : Suspend Switch Hibernation
12) /VOLOFF : Volume Off
/VOLn : Volume (n=1,2,3)
13) /DISK : Sopt HDD
14) /POWEROFF : System Power OFF
/REBOOT : Reboot
/SUSPEND : Suspend
/STANDBY : System Standby
15) /H : Show Help

Examples;


LIBAPM [Enter] <==== show current settings

Power Management for Libretto V1.3 Copyright(C) M.Iizuka


1. BIOS Setting
1) Power-up Mode	Hibernation
2) Standby Time	0 min
3) System Auto Off	Disabled
4) Panel Power On/Off	Enabled
5) Alarm Power On	Disabled
6) LCD Back Light Power	3
7) System Beep	Disabled
8) Low Battery Alarm	Disabled
9) Panel Close Alarm	Disabled
10) Display Stretch	Enabled
11) Suspend Switch	Hibernation
12) Volume	High
2. Battery Status
1) AC Line Status	On-Line
2) Battery Status	Charging
3) Battery Life	87%

LIBAPM /PM- /LCD0 [Enter]

Power Management for Libretto V1.2 Copyright(C) M.Iizuka


1. BIOS Setting
1) Power-up Mode	Boot
2) Standby Time	****** (0 min)
3) System Auto Off	:Disabled
4) Panel Power On/Off	****** (Enabled)
5) Alarm Power On	Disabled
6) LCD Back Light Power	:0
7) System Beep	Disabled
8) Low Battery Alarm	:Disabled
9) Panel Close Alarm	Disabled
10) Display Stretch	Enabled
11) Suspend Switch	Hibernation
12) Volume	High
2. Battery Status
1) AC Line Status	On-Line
2) Battery Status	Charging
3) Battery Life	87%

LIBAPM /PNL- /ON0630 [Enter]

Power Management for Libretto V1.2 Copyright(C) M.Iizuka


1. BIOS Setting
1) Power-up Mode	Hibernation
2) Standby Time	0 min
3) System Auto Off	Disabled
4) Panel Power On/Off	Disabled
5) Alarm Power On	06:30
6) LCD Back Light Power	3
7) System Beep	Disabled
8) Low Battery Alarm	Disabled
9) Panel Close Alarm	Disabled
10) Display Stretch	Enabled
11) Suspend Switch	Hibernation
12) Volume	High
2. Battery Status
1) AC Line Status	On-Line
2) Battery Status	Charging
3) Battery Life	87%

Settings of my Libretto70

XF86Config

Section "Screen"
  Driver  "SVGA"
      ..........
  SubSection     "Display"
    Depth    16
    Modes    "640x480"
    Virtual    800 600
  EndSubSection

/etc/modutils/alsa

--- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-opl3sa2
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
options snd-card-opl3sa2 snd_index=1 snd_id=CARD_0 snd_port=0x370 snd_sb_port=0x370 snd_wss_port=0x530 snd_midi_port=0x330 snd_fm_port=0x388 snd_irq=5 snd_dma1=1 snd_dma2=0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

May 2001