I got my work cut out for me ... here I go,
I would like to install Debian onto an older laptop. I am not interested in installing X, this system will be used for hacking (no not cracking).
Specs: IBM Thinkpad 390 (just the 390) Floppy Drive 2 PCMCIA Slots Panasonic SCSI 4x CD-ROM with a SCSI-PCMCIA Card. 2 PCMCIA NICs which I do not have the specs on at the moment.
Which Debian Floppy Installation Set should I use? My guess would be safe (vanilla), but I wanted to get some additional opinions since I know I will need PCMCIA support if I want to install the drivers from CD-ROM (my preference would be via the Net).
have a look here:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
my experience installing on a 600e (really similar, just slightly thinner and lighter) is that the standard boot-floppies works out just fine. You *may* have to enter a boot option (floppy=thinkpad), but I think that that was sorted out around 2.2.14.
Fire it up and see. If it doesn't work for you, try the tecra images, etc.
If the cdrom supports booting, you might try with one of the netinst isos.
cheers,
glen
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