Re: [Sheflug] Re: Installing linux on a laptop

[Peter Collier <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 27 March 2002 22:14, you wrote:
> Peter
>
> I have a floppy drive for a Satellite 210CS. It is an external unit that
> 
> 
> Hope that helps
>
> James
>
Sorry about the delay in answering everyone (busy at work & home etc)
 In the meantime, I did something similiar to what you said James. I attached 
the hard drive to my desktop, created a 1 meg partion and installed dos 6.2 
boot up files. I altered the config.sys to include a cdrom driver. This 
method saved disk space and I was able to experiment with installing redhat & 
debian. Mandrake insists on a win enviroment. Redhat installation kept 
failing with message to send a bug report. Debian successfull, X running ok 
at 800x600 but only at 8b. sofar. 
	Richard, will you be putting claim to James' floppy drive? If not, how much 
will you be asking James? I have no idea what their value is secondhand.

	Peter C
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Richard
> Ibbotson
> Sent: 27 March 2002 19:55
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sheflug] Re: Installing linux on a laptop
>
>
> Peter
>
> > 	Is there a method of now doing a clean install from here? I have
> >
> > found info how to do it using floppies if you can't boot from the
> > cdrom, but if you don't have a floppy drive but can see the cdrom what
> >
> > is the procedure anyone please? I have copies of Mandrake and Debian
> > on cdroms if any of those are more suitable.
>
> James and myself have been playing around with these notebooks to see
> what we can do with them.  If you had made it to the meeting last
> Friday night you would have witnessed James installing a Debian
> system into the one that he was playing with.
>
> Previously we have used SuSE software by booting from floppy and from
> there getting the CD-Rom drive to work.   James might know more about
> this so lets wait a while and see if he is online tonight :)
>
> Thanks
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