Re: LInux and Ram limit on IBM 760EL Laptop

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:10:07 -0700
Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:

>
> Rob Wultsch wrote:
>
> >Second for smart boot manager. It just works.
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:43:39 -0700, Dennis Kibbe
> ><dennisk@linuxquestions.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:14:47 -0700
> >>Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On that note, the second snag into which I have run is that this laptop
> >>>has a switchable drive bay which will acomodate either a bootable floppy
> >>>drive, or a NON-bootable CD-Rom drive. How to install Mepis in the
> >>>absence of a bootable CD-Rom drive?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>My usual answer here is to use the SmartBootManager floppy to boot the CD-ROM, but. . . <g>
> >>
>
> OK. I have downloaded SmartBootManager image to a floppy.
>
> How do I use it to boot the CDROM when I have to pull out the diskette
> drive in order to insert the CDROM drive?

Well, you can't, of course. That's the problem.

> >>Check the Mepis forums, mepis may support a NFS install.
> >>
> No mention of this on the Mepis site.

Actually, there is. I found it by typing "installing mepis without a cdrom" into Google. it was the first link -- http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2210.

Another way is to remove the hard drive from then ThinkPad and connect it to a desktop to install/or transfer the files. You can use an external USB box to connect the drive or there are adapters (cyberguys.com) that will connect a 2.5" drive to an 3.5" IDE ribbon cable.

> Lee Einer
> Dos Manos Jewelry
> http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com

Dennisk
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