jalosxal 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2004 Hey, The problem: I want to install linux on a very old laptop No CD driver, network, or Floppy disk. All those devices can be connected through pcmcia cards but cannot boot from them. How can I install linux? Some usefull link or idea to start with? I thought 1- Extract the hard disk and put the files on it 2- Fix again the hd on the laptop 3- Here the question: how to make th hd bootable and run the installation scripts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
illogic-al 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 I have no idea. You may get somewhere by going to #mandrake on irc.freenode.net but in my mind what you're asking is impossible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pzatch 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2004 Pull the hard drive. Install it into something that will let you do a cd install. (thats just the easiest way) The other install methods will also work as long as the new machine will let you. After Mandrake is fully installed to the hard drive on the new machine and connects to the net. Download all the drivers you can find for the hard ware on the old machine. Reinstall the hard drive back to the old machine and hope for the best. It should detect the new hardware and do something we might be able to help you with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
