Paul
Since all he said he had was an old SCSI CDROM I did not believe that he
would have a CD-RW and therfore he would have no way to burn a CD.
I was giving suggestions for the hardware he said he had .
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Greer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] FAQ: Installing mandrake in my laptop
> Why can't he burn one?
> It should be legal.
> -=Ron=-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 12:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] FAQ: Installing mandrake in my laptop
>
>
> Mauricio
> Part of this is guess work and hopfully someone out there will correct
me
> if I am wrong.
> You will have to buy Mandrake since burning a CD is not an option. The
> Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete can be purchased at Office Depot, Staples or
any
> of those type stores for $29.
> You will be able to install using your SCSI CDROM but as you already
> know you will not be able to use your CDROM once you boot into Linux and
you
> will probably need to use a Windows startup disk to load the drivers for
the
> CDROM in order to be able to start the installation program for Mandrake.
> The minimum. installation size is 600MB so you would be able to do that
> on an 800MB HD.
> Good luck to you if you decide to do it.
>
> Charles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mauricio Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 1:31 PM
> Subject: [newbie] FAQ: Installing mandrake in my laptop
>
>
> > 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?
> >
> >
>
>
