on Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 04:38:25PM -0500, Webster Kelsey (wtk98@hotmail.com) wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian (woody) on an old Thinkpad 560. I have
> created the rescue, boot and drivers1-4 floppies.
>
> My only means of loading stuff on to the laptop are the floppy drive and
> wireless card. I would like to do a network install. The problem is I
> can't get the system to recognize the card or install the drivers.
>
> The wireless card is an ATMEL/RFMD chipset PCMCIA card. How do I make the
> drivers avialable so I can do a newtork install of Debian 3.0? Can I get
> the drivers to show up in the 'Configure Device Driver Modules' -> 'net'
> menu?
Hopefully useful to someone else if not you.
There are a few tricks to bootstrapping a laptop install:
- If you have a CDROM: Knoppix (or the Debian install disks).
- An alternate PCMCIA card (borrowed for the duration of installation)
supporting local networking.
- SLIP or PLIP: IP over serial or parallel port. Google for my own
comments on doing PLIP installation, particularly with IRQless
parallel ports. This *won't* be a problem on your 560 AFAIK. I
find this method to be highly usable. Requires a null parallel
("laplink") or null serial cable. You can bootstrap the
installation itself with Tom's Root Boot (aka tomsrtbt), a
floppy-based GNU/Linux.
- Remove the HD and mount elsewhere for installation. This requires a
disk caddy capable of handling your laptop HD.
Peace.
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