On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 07:56:31PM +1000, Ben Donohue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Well for a really left field way to get Linux onto a box is to load
> linux onto another machine and ghost it onto the laptop after it's
> finished. yeah I know, but it probably would work. It'll just ask for
> the CD for driver updates perhaps?
I wouldnt even do that.
Go and buy yourself one of those IDE converters, so
you can stick a laptop disk into a desktop computer.
Take all other disk out (so you end up with the correct
fstab), maybe even the hardware and install. Once
finished passed the first installation, out it back into
the laptop and voila ....
> Other than that try loading Linux with CD's and not DVD's.
DVD's are notorious for f'ups ...
jobst
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