On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 07:17:32PM +0100, Murray wrote: > > does anyone have any pointers on installing debian on this toshiba? Main > hurdles being: > > - BIOS driven pcmcia floppy, that will read the first boot floppy only. > - no cdrom (bootable or otherwise) > > I've got as far as putting openbsd onto the beast, but can't not figure out > how to over-write that with debian. I've been playing with debootstrap, but > with very little success. > > >From my research, the existing options appear to be (1) have a window > parition, install from there using loadin, or (2) rip out the HD, pop it > into another machine and install, then replace in laptop. I'm trying to > avoid the Windows option, and I'm not very good with small bits of > electronica, so would like to avoid (2) if I can also. > > Is there an equivalent of loadin for other *nix's? Any other ideas?
1. Get a single disk Linux floppy. 2. Make some space on HDD. Format as MS-DOS (VFAT). 3. Copy all the needed files basedebs.tar and save in VFAT data area. 4. Boot and install basedebs.tar and few other *.deb. 5. Kill Windows and format HDD except VFAT data area. 6. Get basedebs.tar and few other *.deb installed. 7. Get NIC working. 8. Full linux system. :) Why do not you copy needed files in a partit > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
