Hi!

I have a IBM L40SX PS/2 with an I386 30MHz, 8MB memory, monochrome display, a parallel port, a PS/2 port and a serial port. And I have a couple of questions.

Is there any live Linux floppy that would work on it?
Can I connect it to my Linux desktop computer through the serial or parallel port?

By the way, the laptop has w|nd0w$ 3.1 and my computer has Fedora Core 4 and Slackware 10.1

Thanks for any ideas!

I'm not very sure but you could try installing Damn Small Linux, which you can install from floppy discs (make sure you follow those instructions correctly!).

Then, for a one-floppy-disc distribution there are things like FD Linux, tomsrtbt, and hal91. If you're looking for a slightly more security-related toolkit, then I suggest Trinux. These are all text based distros, because they fit on one floppy. If you're looking for a graphical distro, then I suggest you try the Damn Small Linux link above, but I'm not really sure if it'll work on your laptop.....Have you tried searching Google for "linux floppy install"? Good luck!

[EDIT]
Don't think you can connect them via serial/parallel, but wouldn't it just be easier to have a hub and network both of them?

J_K9