Install Linux to laptop

[Peter Flinkfelt]

has anyone ever installed Linux through a null modem cable?
i have a 486 Laptop I want to install linux on, however there is not a
CD Rom for the laptop.
Is it possible to load a base install, with PPP, and access a CD rom on
a Win95/Linux box? From what Linux Unleashed says, I can. However there
aren't any freakin directions. Kind of pointless to mention it if they
tell you nothing about haw to do it.

Peter