Yes, but without the external CD-ROM being available, either?
I mean, I've *done* a Linux floppy install (5+ years ago), and that is
*painful*. A great deal more painful than plugging in the external
CD-ROM, and Linux has gotten a lot bigger since then.
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
>
> "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> >
> > If you want to do a floppy install, use Slackware.
> >
> > I would not expect or hope that Mandrake would waste time creating a
> > floppy install; it's a rather specialized/unusual requirement, it would
> > be hard work, and there's another distribution already that serves that
> > particular niche market well.
> >
> > One of the advantages of Linux with its multiple distribution is that
> > you can find one for your style and your niche and each need not be
> > engaged in a hopeless quest to be all things to all people.
> >
> > And you really have a notebook with a Pentium but no CD-ROM? Sort of
> > unusual, no?
>
> Actually, quite common -- there were lots of Pentium notebooks sold with
> only a provision for external CD-ROM (having seen and troubleshooted a
> few of these I think it's safe to say that the manufacturers were not
> anticipating that the users would be reinstalling operating systems =) )
>
> -Stephen-
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