Linux on Libretto70
(1) Share your Libretto with Windows
(2) Make it a complete Debian GU/Linux machine
If you still want to live with Windows
(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
Making it a complete Debian GNU/Linux machine
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.
Name | Last modified | Size |
Parent Directory | 17-Apr-1999 01:35 | - |
config | 16-Apr-1999 23:47 | 6k |
drv1440.bin.libretto | 16-Apr-1999 23:47 | 1.4M |
libretto.md5 | 16-Apr-1999 23:48 | 1k |
libretto.txt | 16-Apr-1999 23:47 | 3k |
resc1440.bin.libretto | 16-Apr-1999 23:47 | 1.4M |
- Get resc1440.bin.libretto and drv1440.bin.libretto.
- Copy them to FDs with rawrite.
- Prepare 5 base package FDs.
- Boot your libretto with this rescue FD.
- Follow its instruction.
- Reboot
- Modify your /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file to match your network environment.
- 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.
- Beware of upgrading pcmcia-cs. When you are asked if pcmcia service can be stopped, say "n".
- apt-get dist-upgarade if you want to do after you are sure that initial installtion has finished succesfully.
- You will also want to upgrade the kernel. Please refer appropriate manuals.
- 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 [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%
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;
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