Re: Installation Woes

[NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com>]

P.P.S.
Does the thinkpad have a PCMCIA slot? Network PCMCIA cards have really come
down in price, you may want to look into picking one up.

NZG.

On Sunday 17 October 2004 09:18 am, NZG wrote:
> 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,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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