You can run the linux install from msdos mode. Most linuxes come with
provision for this at least I know that SuSE which I use does and I have
used it and it works like a charm. On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Raymond Blum
wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:29:00 -0400
> From: Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: List Linux Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.portable
> Subject: Challenging install
>
> Hi
> I have a Thinkpad 701C, the butterfly, with 24 MB of RAM and a 500 MB
> HD. I want to get Windoze 95 off of this machine and Linux onto it ASAP.
> I think that there must be a way to do it but I am stumped and hope that
> someone here can suggest a strategy.
>
> The machine has no floppy. I can (in Windoze) get a CD-ROM and a ZIP
> drive mounted via an Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA card. (I had to download
> the drivers via the 14.4 modem)
>
> I do have a Linksys Ethernet PCMCIA card which I could download the
> drivers for, as I did for the SCSI card.
>
> I can not run loadlin from windoze, but if I bring the machine up in
> DOS mode, I can not get to the SCSI peripherals (and the CD)
>
> So... how would YOU run the Linux install, without locating and buying
> a floppy for this machine on eBay?
>
> TIA
> ---Raymond
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