Re: Installation Woes

[NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com>]

You could get the DOS CDROM drivers of the internet, make a bootable
DOS floppy, boot from it, and use loadlin on the Debian distro to start the 
whole process. Shouldn't be to tough, I remember I had to do it once and it 
wasn't a big deal.

The Debian system is very scalable and doesn't install a GUI by default.
Our embedded distro is based on the Debian system and it can be as small as
8 Megs
Also turns into a server really easy (apt-get install apache).

P.S. I'm an SIU guy too, if you get to too stuck I can give you a hand.
NZG.


On Saturday 16 October 2004 06:52 pm, Aaron wrote:
> Hello All,
>
>
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> I have an older IBM Thinkpad that will not allow me to boot from a CD
> (really, no bios settings or Smart Boot Manager will make it). I have a
> small Win 98 install on it and Zipslack as well. I can boot from floppies
> but must reboot the system if I wish to switch to CD. I also presently have
> no network access with the unit. It is also pretty old (133 mhz with 64 meg
> ram) and only has about 1.5 gig left for linux partitions.
>
>
>
> So what distro can I use? It must be entirely contained on disks, if it
> requires a floppy boot, it has to create a bootable partition before it
> needs the source files from a CD. I think it would be easiest if the
> installation could be started in windows (like most windows installations)
> and just require the swapping of CDs. The distro must also allow me to
> minimize what is installed on it (no GUI for example).
>
>
>
> I just started school at SIU Law and haven't been able to make meetings for
> the last few months but might be able to meet this next meeting. Any
> suggestions or clarification questions would be great. I have used Gentoo
> for a while now but am still pretty novice at everything.
>
>
>
> Prost!
>
> Aaron Call

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