[newbie] FAQ: Installing mandrake in my laptop

[Mauricio Tavares]

        My laptop is a lowly P75 without CDROM drive.  Well, I do have one, but it
it is external through a SCSI PCMCIA card according to the manufacturer is
not supported by linux (fujitsu chipset).  I would like to initially
install Linux in a 800MB HD I have here doing nothing (I would swap it with
the one currently in the computer).  My ethernet card is also not
supported.  How could I install Mandrake in the poor guy?