On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 03:24:40PM -0500, Nathan Merritt wrote: > I've recently been trying to install Debian on an old ThinkPad. The > laptop has an external floppy drive but no CD drives or USB ports. > Unfortunately, the driver I need to use for my wireless card does not > agree with 2.4 series kernels so I haven't had any luck getting the > install past the third boot floppy. > > I was wondering where I might find a 2.6.x boot floppy. I've looked > around on the net and there seem to be many 2.6 netinstall images but > no recent boot floppies... Hi Nathan, other folks have told me about thinkwiki.org, IIRC, as a place for hints on installing gnu/linux on thinkpads. I would remove the hard drive, get a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (about 5 USD or euros) and find a desktop machine and install the basic os with that and then put it back into the laptop. With out a cdrom or usb port, options are a bit tougher. Maybe see if anyone can loan you a pcmcia cdrom or see if you can find a local linux user group (LUG) that is having an installfest. They are great fun! Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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