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is there anyway to do it without a dos partition the drive i have right now
is blank and id like to keep it for linux and a swap
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Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [BL] floppy to HS install


> yjdelux AT rogers.com wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to install BL2 ona  p 75 w/ 16 meg laptop
> > with only a floppy and a pcmcia modem.
>
> Do you currently have an operating system on that system
> that can use the modem?
>
> >
> > now me being a newbie is this possible
>
> Yes.
>
> > and if so please give me a step by step how to thanks mike
>
> You'll need a bootable DOS (or win9x) partition plus some
> spare room for a Linux partition (or two).  There needs to
> be space on your DOS partition to hold (temporarily) the
> Linux installation files -- 20mb should be comfortable.
>
> Use your modem (if the existing OS that can use it) to get
> bl2-10.zip onto the laptop.  Otherwise, split the zip file
> into two parts and use a floppy to move them.  Once the
> ramdisk version is working, transfer the HD installation
> files to the DOS partition using the same method.
>
> If you let me know which method you are using, I can provide
> more details.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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