That could be a jolly good idea. Would anyone loan me one? Although I think I'm getting warm with this Tom's thing. It can't be that hard...
Cheers! > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance BLACKLER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 16:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: laptop schmaptop > > > Would a laplink cable help to get you started Steve - this is how > I get my > old 486 laptop up and running. > > ciao > > Lance > > > > > > > >From: Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: laptop schmaptop > >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:29:12 +1300 > > > >Hi All > > > >I have a compaq armada 1130 laptop (pent 120 w/48Mb RAM) which had a > >whoopsie with the HDD. > > > >To cut the long story short, I need to reinstall it. It has a > floppy drive > >only. I have given up trying to get network support running in > dos for the > >PCMCIA card (3Com Etherlink III). > > > >I'm thinking I could try using something like Toms Root Boot > Linux to kick > >it over, then connect to my win PC using Samba and copy the install stuff > >over to the laptop HDD and run it from there. > > > >Please can anyone tell me how to kick the PCMCIA card into life > and whether > >Tom's has the right stuff to smb to my winpc and copy stuff over...? > > > >Thanks lots > >Steve > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > >
