On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:49:03PM -0500, Cecil wrote:
> Ok, I got my toshiba libretto. No cdrom. What do I need to do to be able
> to install this thing? I am guessing I could wipe the system and just
> install dos. But I'd like to install the needed files on my 32 meg usb
> thumb drive and copy the files over to the win 98 partition and install
> from there. what files do i need to install to my hard drive that would
> just let me get a boot linux floppy, boot linux, and point it at the
> hard drive and do a net install? I have done a lot of reading on this
> today, and I have not found a good simple document that doesn't
> pre-suppose u have a cdrom or a ton of linux experience. Please, someone
> help!
>
Hi again Cecil,
as I mentioned before, removing the hard drive is the easiest option. It
takes all of 5 minutes and a 3.5/2.5 converter. The real problem with
the libretto is the floppy drive. No linux supports the floppy drive.
You need to have at least a small dos partition to keep using the floppy
drive. The other possible idea is to use loadlin.exe. if you use the usb
drive, you might be able to transfer files to get a basic linux setup.
Zip slack is a possible idea. I think its about 100mb and uses umsdos
for a file system. once you get the file moved over, you can boot zip
slack and then use the minimum zip slack system to install debian.
-kev
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