On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:07 pm, András Keszei wrote: > > Thanks gang am giving up on using Mandrake on that POS will try Damn > > Small Linux (Hey it only takes 12 floppys) > > Sort of hijacking here, but does anyone know if is it possible in any > way to install mandrake on a laptop that has no CD or floppy drive. I > have a machine that's like this, and it could also help Aron stay with > the wonderful world of mandrake. I have googled, but haven't found > anything where the only bootable device is the one hdd you're installing > to. I have thought of something like the following, but don't have a > clue as to how I could pull it off, or if it's possible at all. > > 1: take hdd out, partition into 2 (hda ~4G, hdb ~2G) > 2: prepare part.1 so it can boot up the laptop > 3: copy all install files onto part.2 > 4: put hdd back into laptop > 5: boot from part.1 > 6: install from partition 2, (can the installation process repartition > part.1 into /, swap, etc, without running into problems?) > > anything to point me in the right direction here is a step to getting > rid of my last windows installation. > thanks guys > Andras So how would we set up the first partition so that it would boot ? if possible it would be the way to go.
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