<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Morley</b> <<a href="mailto:davmor2@gmail.com">davmor2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 28/11/06, Stuart Beeson <<a href="mailto:stuart.beeson@gmail.com">stuart.beeson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> Hi People<br>><br>> Been watching the list for a bit now and ive decided to make my first post -<br>><br>> i have a redundant laptop - its only a small thing running windows 98 (had<br>> it about 5 years) the problem is i havnt got a floppy or cdrom to boot from
<br>> - ive managed to get a wifi connection working on it so i can browse the web<br>> etc - ive been reading<br>> <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows
</a><br>> and a few things dont add up - if this is a net boot install from dos how<br>> will i connect to grab the rest of the files needed or am i missing<br>> something - can i use wirless once the installation process is running (or
<br>> will i run into problems configuring my wifi along the way)<br>><br>> any pointers would be great -<br>does it have a wired network built in?<br>does it have a usb port?<br>does it have a hard drive?<br><br>
If the answer to the above is yes then all you need to do is get info<br>off your machine then there are several ways to get Linux on it.<br><br>Info:-<br>Processor<br>Memory<br>What version of Linux you like.<br><br>If your memory is less than 256 mb Then you need a distro
<br>realistically with a light desktop such as xubuntu.<br><br>If your bios supports boot from network then you can boot you laptop<br>and install via a machine with a cdrom.<br><br>If you have a usb port and a machine with a cdrom or a spare cdrom I
<br>recommend going out and buying 18 quids worth of usb caddy. Attach<br>your cdrom to it and away you go.<br><br>If all else fails goto your local pc parts supplier and ask for a<br>ide->laptop hd convertor, remove the laptop hard drive, plug your
<br>laptop hd into the primary hd bay of a machine with a cdrom and boot<br>the machine as normal (this is the route that means you need to know<br>your cpu) if it is a lower rated cpu than the machine your installing<br>
from you will need to manually downgrade it.<br><br><br>--<br>Seek That Thy Might Know<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Wolves LUG mailing list<br>Homepage: <a href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/">
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<div>Hi David</div>
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<div>thanks for the reply - well it hasnt got a ethernet built into it - but i can download from the internet (using WIFI) so maybe i would be looking at downloading a Linux Image - the machine isnt at all fast - its only got 96MB Ram and Pentium 2 - 333 - i just want rid of windows and want somthing more snazzy - becuase of the old BIOS on the Laptop it wont boot from network and it also wont boot from USB (tried)- isnt there a way i can do it by downloading an Image and doing it through DOS?
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<div>Thanks</div>
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<div>Stu</div>