Re: [aclug-L] Installation on Laptop

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well you have two reasonable options.

For Both first you install the base system with floppies (it takes 7 for
debian) then if it has a network card you put the cd in another Linux
machine and nfs mount it. 

or you can set up PPP and get the rest of the packages off the web.

for debian instructions are on the website
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install

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Clint Brubakken
Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Wichita, KS
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Mike McNown wrote:

> This is probably a dumb question, and the answer of obvious, but here goes...
> 
> I want to install Linux on an old 486 Toshiba laptop.  The laptop does not
> have a CD ROM.  The only media I have Linux on is CD.
> 
> The laptop currently is sitting collecting dust with Windows installed.  I
> would like to install Linux as the sole OS on this machine.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Mike McNown
>