Re: Another guide for a diskless installation?
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 16:19, debian.org@lkv.mailshell.com wrote:
> I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with no external floppy drive or (any) CD-ROM.
> It's running Win '95 with no other partitions and the only way to get data in
> or out of the laptop is with an Ethernet PC Card.
>
> That's why I'd like to execute a diskless installation. The installation
> guide seems to treat this type of installation as an afterthought, but I'm
> also having trouble finding a more thorough guide to a diskless installation.
Google is your friend!!!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=thinkpad+560
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=thinkpad+560+linux
The web-sites I saw did refer to floppy drives. Getting one (on
Ebay??) would make your life infinitely simpler.
Then, it it no problem to do a network install once you have the
3(?) initial floppy disks.
> I'm also looking to convert this laptop into a basic Internet surfing machine.
> What *lightweight* browsers can I use? I also define weight to be total
> weight, including any desktop GUIs that I'll need to install. I've heard of
> Galeon and Skipstone, and I think at least of of them needs GNOME (I was also
> originally thinking about using XFree86).
>
> Any thoughts and resources would be greatly appreciated!
How much RAM do you have? Opera is a very good light-weight browser.
You will almost definitely have to forgo GNOME & KDE, and must use
something like blackbox or fvwm2.
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