Re: Laptop install
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Jim Lynch wrote:
> I'm trying to help a friend install Linux from a laptop. The problem is
> that it can have a floppy or a CDROM drive installed, but not both. The
> solution seems to be to create an root/boot installation on a Win95 hard
> disk, but I don't know how to do that. Any suggestions? No,
> unfortunatly he can't boot from the CDROM. Not supported in the bios.
>
You could make the 5/6 install disks and then install the base system.
Then later switch to the CDROM and install the whole system from there.
Also some laptops are hot-swappable, that may be an option for you OR you
could boot from the floppy if your bios allows that.
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