[Sussex] Laptop challenge

[Steve Williams]

Gavin,

Two things occurred to me.

1. I have 2 standard IDE to notebook drive adapter cables. Ideal for 
ghosting from one notebook drive to another using a standard PC. You can 
borrow these if necessary.

2. You could install the disk (if it's a standard 2.5 inch notebook IDE 
HDD) in a more modern notebook, install a basic i386 DamnSmallLinux or 
Debian distro, then transplant the disk back into your Tosh notebook. My 
Dell Precision M50 might serve in this regard. Are you going to Worthing 
this Weekend?

Steve Williams.


Gavin Stevens wrote:
> I was given a free laptop yesterday (Sat.), which was nice.
>
> I was just discussing computers with a musical friend & mentioned that I
> was on the lookout for an old laptop so that I can have something
> whereby I can jot things down during the day instead of having to wait
> until evening all the time.
>
> He disappeared & then returned with a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDS,
> which he said was no longer used & I was welcome to take it - he was
> going to dispose of it otherwise.
>
> He said he has got other bits for this laptop that he didn't have time
> to search for yesterday, but hopefully this will include the floppy
> drive & other bits.
>
> I think that the floppy drive could be essential for my challenge of
> getting Linux onto this fine little machine (120MHz Pentium, 16MB EDORAM
> expandable to 48MB, 1.2GB HDD).
>
> My ideal would be to have an installation of DamnSmallLinux, or maybe
> Debian if I could slim it down enough.
>
> I looked on the Toshiba website & they have a whole section devoted to
> getting Linux onto their laptops & a mailing list. I was quite impressed
> (not much on the above model, but there is a mailing list)
>
> Has anyone here tried installing Linux onto this Toshiba model or
> similar?
>
> Gavin
>
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