Also...
You can beg, borrow or steal a parallel port CD-ROM player. This was what
I used for my laptop install. One word of mention though; try to stay away
from MicroSolutions 'Backpack' CD-ROM players because they have problems
with RedHat installs.
Check out http://www.torque.net/parport/ for more info on Parallel Port
Devices for Linux.
GoodLuck,
chuck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Taylor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Gerry Byrnes
> Subject: Re: Installing Linux sans CDROM
>
> At 04:16 PM 6/23/99 BST, you wrote:
> >I posted this to the list a couple of days ago, but I seem to have been
> >automagically unsubscribed. Apologies if this is double-posted.
> >
> >Gerry
> >
> >
> >
> >=======================
> >I'm a born again Linux newbie and just joined this list. I'm born again
> >because somebody just gave me a copy of RH6.0 which I have just
> installed,
> but
> >I last looked at Linux a couple or three years ago when I bought a boxed
> set
> >from Infomagic. From that set I installed the Slackware distribution onto
> an
> >old 486 tower fileserver by building an install set of (~12) 1.44
> floppies. I
> >don't know if there is a distribution still available on the net for
> this?
> >Check out www.infomagic.com . If all else fails I could burn a copy of
> the
> >relevant CD and snailmail it to you. You'd need access to a PC with CDROM
> and
> >FDD to make your install set.
> >
> > Let me know
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
> >
> > --
> >
> > =Indiana Zephyr
> > ICQ: 37206282
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> Hi Gerry:
> This may or may not be available to you. If you live in an area
> with a
> linux user group, you may be able to use someone elses cards (network) and
> do an FTP install. I've seen that done at our local UG but didn't pay
> that
> much attention since I don't have a laptop. Do know they were using
> PCMCIA
> network card on the laptop. We have 30-40 members at our meetings
> normally
> so usually someone who can help.
>
> Tom
>
> --
> Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician
> Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526
> Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
