Re: How to install SuSe on laptop without CD?

From: Paul Cooke (paul_cooke_at_linuxmail_NOSPAM.org)
Date: 10/23/04 

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:54:09 GMT

Martin Blume wrote:

> <ZalekBloom@hotmail.com> schrieb
>>
>> [install SUSE on laptop without CD-ROM]
>>
>>> If you have access to another computer that does have a cd
>>> drive, share that drive and do a network install.
>>
>> Well, I have an access to my desktop, but only if my laptop
>> boots as WinXP. Access to the desktop is through PCMCIA
>> network adapter, but Fedora does not recognize this adapter.
>>
>
> You'll have to create a boot floppy and one or two module
> floppies. This should be explained in the manual.
> Search around on the first CD, there should be instructions on
> how to do this. This can be done from linux or dos.
>
> Your desktop should then provide FTP or NFS services.
> Alternatively you'll have to boot this one as a linux machine
> (e.g. using Knoppix) and provide the FTP or NFS service.
>
> A network install has worked ok for me in all previous versions
> of SUSE. You have to have a bit Linux knowledge, however, this
> is not for beginners.
>

he, like me, has no floppy drive on his laptop. So how does he do a network
install without a floppy and a cd drive??? The only suggestion I would have
would be to try a USB CD drive and see if you can set the BIOS to boot from
that medium. Then use the CD image provided on the web for a net install
rather than the floppy image set.

I don't believe booting from a USB floppy would work as you would have to
make sure the USB drivers were compiled into the kernel and not loaded in
after swapping floppies for the modules disk...

At least my laptop has a built in DVD drive, so it doesn't affect me.

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