Re: Want to install to laptop

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From: X-Static
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00

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you can get a network card for it :) if you got one, do a network install,
if not have u got the modem? if so do a live install from an ftp..

if you aint got either have fun u should be able to do it from floppy , but
it'l take a while..

Cheers

X-Static
Chris Dalby wrote in message <36A46DDF.93E63E7E@ozemail.com.au>...
>I have a Toshiba Libretto 50 which I want to install Linux to. It does
>not have a CD Rom, only a PCMCIA floppy which is configured in the BIOS.
>Can I install Red Hat Linux from floppies and where do I get "images"
>from? Will I be able to "hot swap" PCMCIA devices? Will I be able to use
>my Nokia 5110 Digital phone to access the internet as I can currently do
>under windows?
>
>Any further help from someone who has installed Linux to this laptop
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards, Chris
>

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