Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??
No need for five million floppies; just 7 (or is it 9?!).
Install the base system, this will get you onto a ppp-connection and ftp the
rest. Believe me, I tried the 5-mill-floppy-way, and it's a REAL hassle,
espec. for newbies (like I was). If you don't have a modem or an
ISP-account, I'd say borrow a modem and/(or get) an account. It really isn't
very expensive and it is just so much easier to install by ftp.
If you have an internal modem, be sure that it will run under Linux, there's
a list of some known compatilities here:
http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/modem_linux.html.
To make absolutely sure, I'd get/borrow an external modem just to get the
system up, then you can always fiddle with the external modem or get a
pcmcia one.
just my .02
hth
Vitux
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Let's get back from la-la-land here, 'cause this ain't gonna happen
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> Fra: will@franklinhs.pps.k12.or.us [SMTP:will@franklinhs.pps.k12.or.us]
> Sendt: 21. september 1999 22:23
> Til: Chris HOOVER
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> Emne: Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??
>
> I would benifit greatly from a Laptop Page.
>
> I'm new to the Linux World and have been trying to install linux on it for
> about a week now, I think that it is my cdrom drive, I have made discs for
> Debian but I was wondoring if there was a way I could install Debian via
> only floppys. I know it'll take five million floppys, but so does windows
> and I know Linux is better that Win95.
>
> Thanks Will Robertson
> will@franklinhs.pps.k12.or.us
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Chris HOOVER wrote:
>
> > With regards to a debian-laptop faq, is there an
> > official or unofficial page about debian on laptops?
> > I've read some of the web pages I've ran across (and
> > gotten some good information), but I have not seen a
> > specific page dedicated to getting debian linux onto
> > laptops. This would be a great place to point people
> > towards for a faq and other pertinent information.
> >
> > If there is not, does anyone else feel a need for it.
> > I for one would be very interested in helping to
> > develop the pages. I don't have a server on the web
> > of my own, but do have some web space available (on
> > geocities) that I could allow to be used.
> >
> > Anyway, any ideas/suggestions/go get a life comments?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > chris
> >
> > --- Werner Heuser <wehe@snafu.de> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > today Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > >
> > > "In 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 all pcmcia drivers live in a
> > > separate source
> > > tree. This
> > > is available in Debian via the pcmcia source
> > > package. See my post on
> > > debian-laptop earlier today "Upgrading slink kernel
> > > -> 2.2.12 -no
> > > pcmcia"."
> > >
> > > Seems like a FAQ, shall we start a Debian-Laptop-FAQ
> > > and how to do it?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > -werner-
> > > --
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> > > time, /~~
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> > > war ... /~~~
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