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Re: [Wear-Hard] LINUX install help, please

for about $5-10 you can buy a 2.5" to 3.5" ide adapter (44 to 40 pin).
then you can remove the drive in the laptop and toss it in a desktop,
perform your installation, and swap the drive back in for all the fun
configuration.  

on some laptops, this will involve a fair amount of dissection
if you have problems finding these adapters, i have at least one i can 
spare.

--francois

On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 11:37:23AM -0600,  wrote:
> OK, guys, I've got an old 486 notebook lying around, on which I wish
> to install LINUX.  I need some help.  It has no CDROM drive, or
> floppy...I need to take out the hard drive to install a new O/S.  Not a
> big deal, really...it's easy to get in and out.
> 
> Now comes the hard part.  With Windows I could easily make the 
> drive bootable, copy the install files over, and run SETUP.EXE on
> the laptop itself.  I *know* how to do that.
> 
> Can I do something similar with LINUX?  I'd like the LINUX setup
> routine to auto-detect (I hope) most of the built in hardware, rather
> than having to manually set everything up.
> 
> No, I don't have a friend from whom I can borrow a PCMCIA 
> CDROM drive..no I don't have a network connection available, etc.  
> Just what I've described.
> 
> Thanks for any hints, guys...I've done the LINUX thing on my desktops,
> but never on such a limited machine.
> 
>      -- Chuck Knight
> 
> P.S.  In case it makes a difference, it's an old Toshiba Portege T3400

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