xpert] Mandrake Floppy Install???
I would suggest borrowing a friend's external CD-ROM. It would be a feat to
fit 650Mb onto multiple floppy disks.
Matt
>From: "Sean Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I understand how painful it can be for some OS (no name mentioned, Win95 30+
floppies), but I can install the minimal Debian with nine floppies that
takes less than 30 Minutes and Slackware takes even fewer floppies and about
the same time. I know all of this, but Debian doesn't work with 2.2.+
Yes, but without the external CD-ROM being available, either?
I mean, I've *done* a Linux floppy install (5+ years ago), and that is
*painful*. A great deal more painful than plugging in the external
CD-ROM, and Linux has gotten a lot bigger since then.
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
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> "Brian T
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote:
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> And you really have a notebook with a Pentium but no CD-ROM? Sort of
> unusual, no?
>
Not really. I've got a P133 notebook with floppy, but no
CDROM. I *can* have a CD if I want to take out the floppy
drive. :-)
John
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
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> "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
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> > If you want to do a floppy install, use Slackware.
> >
> > I would not expect or hope that Mandrake would waste time creating a
> > floppy install; it's a rather specialized/unusual requirement, it would
> > be hard work, and
"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
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> If you want to do a floppy install, use Slackware.
>
> I would not expect or hope that Mandrake would waste time creating a
> floppy install; it's a rather specialized/unusual requirement, it would
> be hard work, and there's another distribution already that
way to do this Mandrake 'ought to look into it.
> Thanx,
> Sa
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ht to look into it.
Thanx,
Sa
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>I would suggest borrowing a friend's exter
I would suggest borrowing a friend's external CD-ROM. It would be a feat to
fit 650Mb onto multiple floppy disks.
Matt
>From: "Sean Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [expert] Mandrake Floppy Install???
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:14:26
