On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 19:17:32 +0100 "Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> does anyone have any pointers on installing debian on this toshiba? Its a way cool sized machine! > - BIOS driven pcmcia floppy, that will read the first boot floppy > only. Have you searched on the net about the thinkpad floppy? I understand that they have/had similar problems in the past. > - no cdrom (bootable or otherwise) PCMCIA CDROMs are not cheap, but if you cast about in your area you could find one to borrow? > I've got as far as putting openbsd onto the beast, but can't not > figure out how to over-write that with debian. I've been playing with > debootstrap, but with very little success. Never used it sorry. > From my research, the existing options appear to be (1) have a window > parition, install from there using loadin, or (2) rip out the HD, pop > it into another machine and install, then replace in laptop. I'm > trying to avoid the Windows option, and I'm not very good with small > bits of electronica, so would like to avoid (2) if I can also. I think #1 might be your only option, because the hard drive in a libretto is smaller than a 1.4" drive, not the standard 2.5" that everyone seems to be expecting. So you will require a 1.4" to 2.5" adapter, and that isn't cheap. > Is there an equivalent of loadin for other *nix's? Any other ideas? make a windows partition as big as you want for swap space later - then reformat it after install. Does your libretto have a network card? You'll probably get away with the 5 Mb drivers.tgz file, but you're still faced with the twin boot disk problem. There are two Engligsh and one German page at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/toshiba.html, right at the top.
