thanks a bunch folks. not sure which option i'll try first. i like the
"build base then nfs the rest" scenario..... the laplink cable sounds good
too because i already have the cable... again thanks.
christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know you can install Slackware 3.4 using floppies: I've done it, at
> least the basic system, networing, and minimal X (that's all the room I
> have on my mighty 386 Packard Hell laptop. I don't see any reason the
> basic organization of Slackware would have changed. It's organized in
> disk sets a1, a2... for the basic system, d1, d2... for program
> development, n1...each of which should fit on a floppy.
>
> It runs into a lot of floppies, though, and if you are going to make a
> router of th box, presumably it will be connected to something else, so
> once you get a basic system up you may want to complete the install by
> ftp or nfs, either from the net or from a local machine with a cd. I
> haven't done _this_, but I don't see any reason you couldn't use rsh or
> ssh and tar to clone from one installed system to a minimal system.
>
> tar -C /directory -cO . | rsh newmachine tar -C /directory -xf -
>
> If you add the z flag to compress/decompress, it will complain
> "decompression OK, trailig garbage ignored", but it seems to work.
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
>
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Christian L. Straight wrote:
>
> > I have an old 486 laptop (Compaq Concerto) with 12 MB RAM and 250 MB HD
> I'd
> > like to turn into a Linux box.... my problem is this machine doesn't
> have a
> > CD ROM drive. Can anyone recommend a Linux distro on floppies that I
> can
> > load into this machine.... ultimately I'd like to turn this box into a
> > router... all suggestions welcome. TIA
> >
> > Christian
> >
>
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