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by **Justin Heman** » Tue, 24 Jun 1997 04:00:00

I have an IBM Thinkpad laptop that does NOT have a CD-ROM drive. I can,
however, access CDs by connecting to a PC with a CD-ROM drive and
running a Windows program. I'd like to install Red Hat Linux 4.2, which
comes on a CD. Could this method work:

1. Re-partition laptop hard drive into DOS and Linux partitions.
2. Connect the laptop to a PC with a CD-ROM and copy CD to the laptop
DOS partition.
3. Boot the laptop in Linux with a floppy boot disk, then mount the DOS
directory with the copied files from the CD.
4. Perform a hard drive install.

While I have your attention, how big should the Linux partition be for a
Red Hat installation with X-windows, TeX and LaTeX, and some development
tools like dbx?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Justin
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by **James Youngma** » Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:00:00

> I have an IBM Thinkpad laptop that does NOT have a CD-ROM drive. I can,
> however, access CDs by connecting to a PC with a CD-ROM drive and
> running a Windows program. I'd like to install Red Hat Linux 4.2, which
> comes on a CD. Could this method work:

> 1. Re-partition laptop hard drive into DOS and Linux partitions.
> 2. Connect the laptop to a PC with a CD-ROM and copy CD to the laptop
> DOS partition.
> 3. Boot the laptop in Linux with a floppy boot disk, then mount the DOS
> directory with the copied files from the CD.
> 4. Perform a hard drive install.

Yes, this is supposed to work.

Quote:> While I have your attention, how big should the Linux partition be for a
> Red Hat installation with X-windows, TeX and LaTeX, and some development
> tools like dbx?

Erm, see the manual, it tells you.

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Linux install from DOS partition on hard drive?

Linux install from DOS partition on hard drive?

Linux install from DOS partition on hard drive?