--- Keri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have a computer with a CD drive, looking through the > Debian disk right now, > but which bits to copy on to floppy? Am trying to > find where I could find > this 'mini' > distro, but I think my best bet could be using the > resources I have. I have > three disks > I used to install on my other computer. > The PCMCIA support will only be for the CD ROM as I > have an eternal modem > which hopefully works. > I'm assuming there is a good reason for you using debian on your laptop. (hmm. well, can't think of one right now but anyway...) Debian can be installed in quite a number of ways. If your laptop has a network card which is usable or a pcmcia network card you could press alt-f2 and use the prompt to load your network card, place the cd in another machine and export the file system to your laptop, easiest is probably nfs,
add something allong the lines of /mnt/cdrom 123.123.123.123(ro,no_root_squash) where 123.123.123.123 is your laptops network address you could also use smb. Once you have the file system available on the laptop continue to install using the file system option. alternativly export the cd as using FTP or http and install that way (usually a bit more difficult) or you could copy the files on to your laptop hard disk and install that way. Sometimes network installs can be a nightmare if something silly is upsetting the installer. Good luck D > Keri > I > > > > >Do you have any other computers with a CD Drive? If > so then there are many > >weird and wonderful ways of getting it to talk to > your laptop. Otherwise > >you could try downloading a bootable mini Linux > distro with PCMCIA support > >onto a floppy, copying the required files off the > Debian CD, onto the > >laptops hard disk and taking it from there. If you > let use know what > >resources you have access to and what files you > need off the CD then we > >will be able to be of more help. > > > >Steven. > > > >-- > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >web: http://www.murdomedia.net/ > >PGP/GnuPG keys: http://www.murdomedia.net/keys.html > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > >http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > And those who were seen dancing were thought to be > insane by those who > could not hear the music. > -Friedrich Nietzsche- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ===== "Artificial Intelligence is no match for human stupitity!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
