I want to try Linux

Hi,

I have an old Compaq Laptop on which I would like to run Linux to get
familiar with it. However the problem is that this laptop does not
have a CD-Rom drive. I do have a USB CD-Rom drive that I can use with
it.

So my question is:
Can I start a Linux Installation with a floppy disk, somehow load the
USB drivers to get CD-Rom support and then finish the installation?

Any help will be appreciated.

Please send me a reply directly at
[email]chetan.chothani@adaptiveresources.com[/email]

Thanks,

Chetan

On Star Date Monday 03 Nov 2003 10:12 pm Chetan of the Starship Enterprise
loged this message:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have an old Compaq Laptop on which I would like to run Linux to get
> familiar with it. However the problem is that this laptop does not
> have a CD-Rom drive. I do have a USB CD-Rom drive that I can use with
> it.
>
> So my question is:
> Can I start a Linux Installation with a floppy disk, somehow load the
> USB drivers to get CD-Rom support and then finish the installation?
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Please send me a reply directly at
> [email]chetan.chothani@adaptiveresources.com[/email]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chetan[/color]
I'm not quite sure what might happen but have u tryed installing it directly
from cd?

I know in mandrake 9.1 u can load it on windows and it will reboot and start
install it on boot up.
But since your using usb cd rom, I don't know how linux will behave with
this as I am new my self and always learning.

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On 3 Nov 2003 14:12:26 -0800, [email]chetan.chothani@adaptiveresources.com[/email] (Chetan)
wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I have an old Compaq Laptop on which I would like to run Linux to get
>familiar with it. However the problem is that this laptop does not
>have a CD-Rom drive. I do have a USB CD-Rom drive that I can use with
>it.
>
>So my question is:
>Can I start a Linux Installation with a floppy disk, somehow load the
>USB drivers to get CD-Rom support and then finish the installation?
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
>[/color]

Hello,

Can you boot from the CDROM?

You might check out:
[url]http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?threadid=63339[/url]

If you have a fast Internet connection you could always do a net install from
floppies. I believe Debian needs 2 or 3.

BTW: I don't know much about Linux so I had to cheat with google to get the
above info.

Steve
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