On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Christoph Hammann wrote:
> Indiana Zephyr wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to find a way to install Linux onto my 486 laptop. I don't
> > have a cd-rom, don't have a network card, and don't have a modem. I
> > also don't have any sort of external zip drive or anything like that.
> > If anyone has any ideas, please go ahead and post them.
> >
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> Hi Zephyr!
>
> I�m tempted to say the answer is blowing in the wind, but no, if I
> remember correctly, a basic Debian system can be installed from floppies
> (you DO have a floppy drive in that laptop, don�t you?). You�d have to
> write the appropriate files to disks on another computer from the CDROM
> set, if need be with rawrite under MS-DOS. Mind you, I haven�t done it,
> but on my Debian CD ~/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/install.txt
> says it can be done. Then, when you�ve got that frugal system running,
> you�d need a modem to complete installation.
Or just a serial cable to another computer should do.
Slackware (at least up to 3.4, haven't seen the newer ones) allowed a full
floppy install
Frank
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