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To: dybdahl who wrote (62919)11/12/2001 5:46:12 PM
From: Michael Do  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
>Once I had an IBM Thinkpad laptop on which I wanted to install Linux. First it seemed quite hard, because:

1) I didn't have another computer or network where I was.
2) I had a CD but the laptop couldn't boot on a CD.
3) I had a boot diskette, but the diskette drive and the CD drive could not be in the same laptop at the same time.

So what to do? Simple:

1) Insert the diskette drive and the diskette and turn it on.
2) When the Linux kernel has been read in, it decompresses in memory. At that time, I lifted the keyboard, and the laptop entered sleep mode.
3) I pulled out the diskette drive and inserted the CD-ROM drive.
4) I closed the keyboard lid and resumed the laptop.
5) After decompressing the Linux kernel, the Linux kernel booted and correctly detected the CD-ROM drive.
6) The rest of the installation process was made from the CD-ROM drive, and the diskette drive wasn't necessary any more.

I was quite amazed that it worked. I wonder how they would expect someone to install Windows on that laptop.
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Actually, much more simple to install Windows 98 or 2000 in it. I use FD to boot the Thinkpad, SYS C:, Copy the CD-ROM dos driver and MSCDEX.EXE and the config.sys and autoexec.bat into drive C: (all in one bat file). Turn off the TP, replace the FD with CD drive, put the Win98 or Win2000 in. Reboot and you can go to CD drive either \Win98\setup or \I386\winnt then that will be it.

MIke
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