On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:28 +0000, andy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is > connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that > I can exploit this arrangement to enable me to install onto the > laptop? ..on my 5 old no-cd-nor-net-nor-pcmcia-boot ThinkPad 760ED's, I first put smartbootmanager on a floppy and put that on (hd0). I then halt the box and yank the floppy drive and put in a cd drive, they use the same bay. ..powering up, it boots up hd smartbootmanager and you just choose the cd drive from the menu, and if the cd drive is dodging reading the cd, just hit enter again and again 'till it catches and boots the cd. >From then on, any boot cd works, I prefer net boot-n-install cd's over cd installer cd's on my 4x drives. ;o) ..if you don't have a lan debian mirror, you probably wanna use your desktop as a firewall, gateway and proxy server while installing your laptop. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
