Re: CD-less linux installl for old laptop?

From: Gary Tait (classicsat_at_yahoo.cominvalid)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:30:37 -0400

On Thu, 13 May 2004 00:19:13 -0400, Garglemonster
<garglemonster@my-deja.com> wrote:

>>>>>> On Wed, 12 May 2004 09:26:13 -0400, Gary Tait
>>>>>> <classicsat@yahoo.cominvalid> said:
>
>
>
> >> There I would make 4 floppies. ...
> >> with the boot disk (what else?) and it will give you the
> >> instructions. If the network disk recognizes your network card,
> >> you are saved ;)
>
> Gary> And then what? How do I do an internet install of slackware?
> Gary> So far I've only seen reference to an NFS install.
>
>right, you just point it some other computer you have access to and
>which can serve up the slackware packages you want to install. it's
>pretty easy. since you have an ethernet card, i'm guessing you have
>another computer.

And what computer on the internet world would that be (as downloading
packages I don't need is not an option).

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