It seems like on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 12:19:14AM -0700, Nicholas Draven scribbled:
Orig Msg> Hello all.
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Orig Msg> I recently was tasked to install Linux on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. So far I have not been able to get Linux installed since the cd-rom does not recognize the Linux boot sector. I have found this to be true also to some degree with the a-drive. When I do get it to boot, there is a problem with the video, just going blank.
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Orig Msg> Has anyone here installed Linux on a Toshiba? Any good hints? Also, if there has been success... which distribution? I have been to slashdot, and freshmeat, and have not seen that much said, nor the Toshiba website. Anyone know of any other good resources?
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Orig Msg> Nick
I am currently writing this email from an SSH session from a
Toshiba 100CS laptop. Its the same one I bring to PLUG meetings
when I remember to grab it.
I installed with Debian so I did not have the CDROM problems you
are seeing since no CDROM is needed.
It was a 2 Floppy boot/install and the rest was done via NFS and APT.
You get a chouce of NFS/FTP/HTTP/APT and a couple of others when
you do a Debian install.
Have you looked the the Linux Laptop FAQ?
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