[NBLUG/talk] How Low Can We Go?

[R C Smith]

I installed damn small linux on a Toshiba 3600 by booting from a floppy and
using a Philips parallel port cd to copy KNOPPIX to the c: drive and a boot
floppy to load dsl. You could do the same with a USB drive.The Tosh is 486
50MHz with 24 MB and a 500MB hard drive it is verry slow 6 minites to load
can't use Abiword or OO or Firefox they never (> 15  minutes) load. Except
for University (text) and Basic (gui) Linux that run from DOS prompt, I
didn't think it was worth the considerable effort. With win98 se minimal
install and minimal programs your machine would be a good emergency backup
machine. The two dos linux would be for fun and learning.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Cilley" <hydro_mancer at yahoo.com>
To: "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,etc."
<talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] How Low Can We Go?


> I didn't know such drive existed.  Either way, I'm
> never going to be able to get the BIOS to mount off of
> the USB.  Nice try, though.
> Stephen
>
> --- matt <matt at cfxnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> > Hold on a second, didn't you say you had a USB
> > PCMCIA card? What about a USB
> > CD-ROM drive?
> >
> > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 15:25, Andrew wrote:
> > > Kyle Rankin wrote on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:44:35
> > -0700:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:53:39AM -0700,
> > Stephen Cilley wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for all of your input.
> > > > > I got back from HSC about 30 minutes ago, I
> > got
> > > > > floppies and a pcmcia 10/100 card (I needed
> > one
> > > > > anyway.)  I tried to get one of the bootdisks
> > to run
> > > > > the lappy and it turns out that the floppy
> > drive is
> > > > > bad.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > > So how do I do it now, with just a network
> > connection?
> > > > >
> > > > > Stephen
> > > >
> > > > The best way would be to drop back by HSC and
> > check out their
> > > > selection of used laptop floppy drives and see
> > if you can find
> > > > one that works. Otherwise you'll have to resort
> > to the
> > > >
> >
> pull-laptop-hard-drive-and-install-from-other-computer
> > method,
> > > > which will require an adapter so you can hook up
> > the 2.5"
> > > > laptop IDE connection to a standard IDE port.
> > >
> > > I got a 2.5-inch-to-standard IDE adapter at
> > Cr at pUSA for about $8.
> > > It's been *very* useful.
> > >
> > > I'd also recommend, Stephen, that you stop by the
> > Computer
> > > Recycling Center on Saturday and pick up a larger
> > hard drive.
> > > Your current "almost 1 GB" drive is going to feel
> > awfully
> > > cramped. The CRC has boxes and boxes of 2 GB and
> > smaller drives
> > > for $2 or less apiece. Heck, at that price, grab
> > five. If you
> > > look hard enough, you might find some 3 GB drives.
> > Don't forget
> > > to check for a master/slave/cable-select jumper.
> > They come in
> > > handy, especially if you're going to use the above
> > adapter to pop
> > > the drive into a desktop. Pull one off another
> > drive, if you need
> > > to. Oh, and check how thick of a drive your Toshi
> > can
> > > accommodate. My P120 Toshi (a Satellite Pro
> > 430CDT) can only take
> > > a drive that is 1/2 inch thick or thinner. On
> > mine, the drive is
> > > accessed through the battery compartment.
> > >
> > > As for getting into the BIOS, try the escape key.
> > >
> > > Have fun.
> > >
> > > A.
> > >
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> > -- 
> > Val�,
> > Matt
> > matt at cfxnetworks.com
> >
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