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Linux install from diskettes.

Linux install from diskettes.

Post by Yoan Hermid » Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:04:07



I am trying to install Linux on an AT&T Globalyst 250, otherwise known as
an NEC Versa M or an NCR Class 3182.  The laptop does not have a CD-ROM
drive so I have decided I should install from diskettes.  Can anyone
suggest any documentation on how to actually *make* the installation
diskettes?

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Linux install from diskettes.

Post by dav.. » Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:06:22



> I am trying to install Linux on an AT&T Globalyst 250, otherwise known as
> an NEC Versa M or an NCR Class 3182.  The laptop does not have a CD-ROM
> drive so I have decided I should install from diskettes.  Can anyone
> suggest any documentation on how to actually *make* the installation
> diskettes?

AFAIK Debian and Slackware are the only distribution that can be
installed creating the floppies using the standard "packages" from the
CD. See the documentation for these distributions. Another solution
(if you can), is hook the laptop to a desktop trought a PCMCIA NIC or
the serial/parallel port and copy the entire CD on the hard disk, then
perform the installation from there.

Davide

 
 
 
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Linux install from diskettes.

Post by Steele Campbel » Fri, 26 Apr 2002 19:50:05


I've done the bare bones Slack install from diskettes (You may need as many
as forty 1.44'' diskettes) But I downloaded APACHE, SENDMAIL and SAMBA, so
your milage may vary. I suggest, if you have a PCMCIA port  to do what
davide suggested.
 
 
 
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Most distros these days seem to assume that machine has a math
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