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mr_nohj 10-25-2004 02:13 PM

Installing with out a CD or floppy?
 
I have a laptop that dose not have any CD-drives, or Floppy drives. I currently have XP running on a 30GB FAT32 partition, the computer also has a blank 10GB FAT32 partition. I wan't to install linux on the 10GB partition and set up a dual boot system. I've downloaded the install files to the C:/ drive and I would like to know how I can install it onto the 10GB partition and get GRUB to do a dual boot. The distro I'm using is Slackware 10.0 . I thought of using a network install but if I could get to the point of launching the Slackware setup I could just install if from a mounted folder. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
John

KenCo 10-25-2004 11:43 PM


can you use a pcmcia memory card??

set it to boot from the pcmcia in the bios,
put the floppy images on the card and poof!

mr_nohj 10-28-2004 01:53 PM

well I don't have a PCMCIA memory card but I do have a USB key and my BIOS dose support putting from USB devices.

cyberliche 10-28-2004 02:47 PM

You should probably be able to boot via PXE (network). If you search the forums (or google) you should find plenty of info on how to do this. The other option is installing from the windows partition.

Check this guide on how to do this.
Or this one.


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