Pedro Del Medico wrote:
>
> On Mon Feb 26 2001 15:40, You wrote:
> >
> > But... did you boot without a floppy on a system that won't boot from
> > CD...?
> >
> > This is the dilema of older Toshiba laptops...
> >
> > Pierre
>
> Ok, older Toshiba are like other laptops, and as I said in an earlier
> message, I have among other laptops one Compaq Armada 1640T which does not
> have a cdrom but only a floppy. So I followed this approach:
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Pedro,
I think you are missing the point here...
The point is that the original poster's laptop does NOT have a floppy drive;
only a CD which he can't boot from (the reverse situation). That was also my
case when I first wanted to install Linux on my Tecra.
> 3.- Powered up the laptop and when asked from where it would be installed,
> the answer is ftp, then the program ask for the ip, ftp account ecc.
The original question remains... *how* can you get to the "when asked from
where" stage *without* having a floppy _drive_ to insert that wonderful little
diskette into..?
_That's_ the problem which is being asked here.
> Hope this help with the installation and scuse my poor english.
Not in this case; but you're scused. :^)
> --
> Best Regards,
Ditto,
Pierre
