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Hey guys, I got a Dell Latitude D500 Laptop that has only a Floppy Drive, and no CD drive...I have to run Windows on my desktop due to the fact that I must run flash, but I have no reason not to run my favorite OS (linux) on my Laptop. I use it mostly for typing, but I like mini games and I need internet. I tried Coyote Linux Floppy edition, but it doesn't support my Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI ethernet adapter.
Hey guys, I've decided to go about it like this: I am downloading Slackware onto the laptop, then I will boot off of those and install Slackware. I will then delete my windows partition. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to do it all though, so any help or tips is appreciated (it's downloading right now, got about 2 hours left on the download)
Assuming you have an ethernet card, you could use a bootfloppy for booting the installer over the network and installing from a mirror out there somewhere. e.g., if you wanted Debian, look here . Many other distros can do the same. Try Mandrake
and you may need some network instructions. The driver floppy image for Mandrake is here
The URL to give the installer for Mandrake is http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.man....1/i586/media/
Originally posted by RobertP Assuming you have an ethernet card, you could use a bootfloppy for booting the installer over the network and installing from a mirror out there somewhere. e.g., if you wanted Debian, look here . Many other distros can do the same. Try Mandrake
and you may need some network instructions. The driver floppy image for Mandrake is here
The URL to give the installer for Mandrake is http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.man....1/i586/media/
Thanks, I'm hoping for slackware...But for some reason my laptop mysteriously lost net connection oO
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