Re: [aclug-L] Installing on a crusty old machine

[Mohammad Islam <sohel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg House wrote:
> 
> I inherited an old 386 after doing an upgrade for a friend.  I'd like to set
> Linux up on it with a couple of NICs to use it as a router.  The problem is
> that it doesn't support any distribution media I have.  I tried to hang an
> IDE CDROM off it, but it's multi-io card is apparently too stupid to talk
> ATAPI to it.
> 

> Greg
> 
> ---


Well.. can you put the sucker on a network? Why not go through the
network or ftp install?

Are you running DOS/win3.1 or something on it? Just put a nic, load the
network drivers for the nic, get tcp/ip for dos from net, share a
network cd or better yet..copy the linux cd to a network drive..then do
a ftp or network install.

No need to spend any money..no need for buncha floopies.

Later.

sohel
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