On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 you wrote: > hi guys! > > is there a better way of doing this? > > i'm trying to install linux in an old laptop without a cdrom drive. > can't make the redhat 8.0 bootdisks to work with the pcmcia lan card, > though tomsrtbt linux bootdisk can mount the cdrom over nfs. so i'm > doing rpm2cpio & cpio -id the packages one by one & ang damidami naman > pala ng kailangang libraries! >
hi there win, There are hardware solutions that can *quickly* help you transfer/copy the ISO cd's to the laptop's hard drive. One device that I know of is the IDE-to-mini IDE (referring to the laptop's HDD IDE header) adapter/converter. Once you have this IDE adapter, you can connect it to the IDE connector of a desktop computer. I still have to find one here in Manila (anyone?) A friend bought some for me from Indonesia. ...hope this will help :) -Jun _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
