No need for five million floppies; just 7 (or is it 9?!).
Install the base system, this will get you onto a ppp-connection and ftp the
rest. Believe me, I tried the 5-mill-floppy-way, and it's a REAL hassle,
espec. for newbies (like I was). If you don't have a modem or an
ISP-account, I'd say borrow a modem and/(or get) an account. It really isn't
very expensive and it is just so much easier to install by ftp.
If you have an internal modem, be sure that it will run under Linux, there's
a list of some known compatilities here:
http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/modem_linux.html.
To make absolutely sure, I'd get/borrow an external modem just to get the
system up, then you can always fiddle with the external modem or get a
pcmcia one.
just my .02
hth
Vitux
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Let's get back from la-la-land here, 'cause this ain't gonna happen
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
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Til: Chris HOOVER
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Emne: Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??
I would benifit greatly from a Laptop Page.
I'm new to the Linux World and have been trying to install linux on it for
about a week now, I think that it is my cdrom drive, I have made discs for
Debian but I was wondoring if there was a way I could install Debian via
only floppys. I know it'll take five million floppys, but so does windows
and I know Linux is better that Win95.
Thanks Will Robertson
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On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Chris HOOVER wrote:
With regards to a debian-laptop faq, is there an
official or unofficial page about debian on laptops?
I've read some of the web pages I've ran across (and
gotten some good information), but I have not seen a
specific page dedicated to getting debian linux onto
laptops. This would be a great place to point people
towards for a faq and other pertinent information.
If there is not, does anyone else feel a need for it.
I for one would be very interested in helping to
develop the pages. I don't have a server on the web
of my own, but do have some web space available (on
geocities) that I could allow to be used.
Anyway, any ideas/suggestions/go get a life comments?
Thanks,
chris
--- Werner Heuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
today Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
In 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 all pcmcia drivers live in a
separate source
tree. This
is available in Debian via the pcmcia source
package. See my post on
debian-laptop earlier today Upgrading slink kernel
- 2.2.12 -no
pcmcia.
Seems like a FAQ, shall we start a Debian-Laptop-FAQ
and how to do it?
Cheers
-werner-
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