Re: [newbie] Re: hoping to use CD-only install of Mandrake 8.0 on a Libretto palmtop. . . possible??

2001-08-23 Thread Charles A. Punch

set your BIOS to boot from CD. That workerd for me. Floppy drives seem
to hate me and are always breaking. I think that there are two things we
need to get rid of (in the USA); floppy drives and pennies. Both are
worthless.


ShalomOut
  Chal
Elder PCUSA
Registered Linux user # 217118

Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as virtue.
-- Ambrose Bierce, on qualifiers



WCBaker wrote:
> 
> Here's a good question for you!   I've put Mandrake 8.0 on a desktop and
> it's great (I'm new to Linux, by the way).   Now I need to get Mandrake 8.0
> on my tiny Libretto palmtop.   The palmtop currently has a Japanese version
> of Windoze 95 on it and I'd like to keep a very tiny bit of the disk for
> Windoze but have Linux eat up most of it.   Problem is that my PCMCIA
> fax/modem card  and the floppy drive are no longer functional (long story
> involving a lot of travelling).
> 
> Is it possible to NOT use a floppy disk to boot when installing?   I want to
> just use my CD (I do have access to a PCMCIA CD machine that connects quite
> nicely) and install Mandrake 8.0.
> 
> Can I do this?  I've seen other methods on the Net, but I need to use CD
> only. . .
> 
> Hopefully,
> 
> -warren
> 
>   
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://.mandrakestore.com



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[newbie] Re: hoping to use CD-only install of Mandrake 8.0 on a Libretto palmtop. . . possible??

2001-08-22 Thread WCBaker

Here's a good question for you!   I've put Mandrake 8.0 on a desktop and
it's great (I'm new to Linux, by the way).   Now I need to get Mandrake 8.0
on my tiny Libretto palmtop.   The palmtop currently has a Japanese version
of Windoze 95 on it and I'd like to keep a very tiny bit of the disk for
Windoze but have Linux eat up most of it.   Problem is that my PCMCIA
fax/modem card  and the floppy drive are no longer functional (long story
involving a lot of travelling).

Is it possible to NOT use a floppy disk to boot when installing?   I want to
just use my CD (I do have access to a PCMCIA CD machine that connects quite
nicely) and install Mandrake 8.0.

Can I do this?  I've seen other methods on the Net, but I need to use CD
only. . .

Hopefully,

-warren




Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 
Go to http://.mandrakestore.com