HD Install :: HD Install without a CD?

Hi,

I've an old laptop (no OS installed) & would like to run DSL.

Is there an easy way of getting DSL onto the machine with out a CD drive?

I've got a network card and was wondering if it was possible to remote mount a drive to make the install.

many thanks,
colin

I had the same problem on an old ThinkPad. Search the forum for "tomsrtboot"

In a nutshell, procedure is to use Tom's Root Boot diskette to boot, set up partitions, get on the net (I had to try 3 different NIC cards before I found one that Tom's supported) and download the base ISO and the DSL floppy boot image. Then you end up mounting the ISO (so it emulates the CDROM you don't have). And do an install from there.

Someone had a script to do this (it was in the post), but I ended up printing out the script and just did it by hand using the script as a guide.

Thanks for the tip... I fell short with my unsupported network network card (16 Bit PC Card) or rather I've not got my head round using the Add-Ons for PCMCIA

:o(

best regards,
colin

Can you find a PCMCIA cdrom?

I had to install Win98SE on my compaq LTE 5300 using a Addonics PCMCIA cdrom, then copy the /KNOPPIX and /boot dir over into the Windows partition and do a poormans DSL install

If you can boot into an OS with some sort of network support (dhcp or whatnot) and can get the /KNOPPIX dir and /boot dir over to a fat32 partition on the laptop the 0.8.0 bootfloppy will autodetect it and will run DSL, then if you wish you can do a fullbore HD install, otherwise you have to use a bootfloppy to start it

Brian
AwPhuch

What you can do is try de laplink conection....

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