Re: Installing Debian from a DOS partition SOLVED

2006-02-09 Thread M. Maas
> > Here's an extremely inelegant way: > > 1) install Woody base using floppies > > Get those here: > http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-appendix.en.html#s-obtain > (Go to the section called 11.2.3.4.1 Base System Images:) > Various driver disk images are in sections above this on

Re: Installing Debian from a DOS partition

2006-02-09 Thread Hodgins Family
Good morning! Hello List, I recently got my hands on a Toshiba Libretto 110CT. Which is a very small laptop, with no cd player, just a pcmcia floppy disk that only works under DOS, because the Linux kernel does not have the drivers for it. I've finally been able to upload files to and from th

Re: Installing Debian from a DOS partition

2006-02-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
I have Debian Sarge running pretty well on a 110CT, and it works fine if you stick to traditional Unix tools and avoid really bloated and CPU intensive things like KDE/GNOME which rely on fast processors and vast amounts of memory... (although they do run if you are patient). In fact even the 66Mh

Re: Installing Debian from a DOS partition

2006-02-09 Thread M. Maas
Hi Kev, > it less. The easiest way to install it would be to remove the drive, get > a 2.5" to 3.5" ide converter (less than $10 US) and mount it in a > desktop pc. Install on that, and then put it back in the laptop. Then > you can start fiddling with X and such. If you want I can send you my >

Re: Installing Debian from a DOS partition

2006-02-09 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:45:52AM +0100, M. Maas wrote: > Hello List, > > I recently got my hands on a Toshiba Libretto 110CT. Which is a very > small laptop, with no cd player, just a pcmcia floppy disk that only > works under DOS, because the Linux kernel does not have the drivers for it. > >

Installing Debian from a DOS partition

2006-02-09 Thread M. Maas
Hello List, I recently got my hands on a Toshiba Libretto 110CT. Which is a very small laptop, with no cd player, just a pcmcia floppy disk that only works under DOS, because the Linux kernel does not have the drivers for it. I've finally been able to upload files to and from the DOS partition us