On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 01:32:29 +0200, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 07:20:38PM -0400, Ashley Graham wrote: > > hello friends, > > > > i am trying to get a debian system on an old laptop i have copped > > from a friend; it is rather old, but i couldn't give up the chance > > to install linux on something else. > > > > the system is a compaq contura 430cx, it has a floppy drive ONLY. no > > cd-rom, no network (it had a pcmcia modem thing, but i lost it), not > > even speakers. > Is this PCMCIA connected floppy small PC? > > > i have tried the regular debian floppy installation, but it fails > > while loading the ramdisk (no kernel panic, it simply stops). i > > tried the regular kernel, the compact, and the bf24. > > :( ..http://damnsmalllinux.org/ ? > > i have tried other floppy-based distro's, but they're floppy, and > > only floppy, most don't allow access to the HD, and the others are > > either rescue disks (which i don't need), or router/firewalls (which > > i also don't need). > > Did you manually mount like: > > # cd / > # mkdir target > # mount /dev/hda target > > > > i also tried a slackware floppy installation, but received a kernel > > panic:out of memory error, along with a hang. > > > > google keeps on popping up floppy-based distros, and none(that i've > > seen) mention using the floppy to turn the laptop/pc into a > > workstation. > > > > in case you were wondering, i am planning on turing it into an > > easily portable demo for friends, and a simple workstation for > > myself, something easy to carry around notes, jot down ideas, simple > > stuff - nothing to grand. > > > > any help would be greately appreciated. > > If you have Serial or Parallel port on PC and another Linux PC, you > should be able to connect to it through PPP. Then you have netaccess. > > Osamu -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...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]
