UNetBootIn

[Mike Storke]

--- chip33az at netscape.net wrote:

> Okay, my machine isn't that old.  I have a PII with 128MB.
> 
> Would that work?  Hook up the HD to another machine and then install
> the 
> OS.  Switch it over to the older laptop?  I have another laptop I
> could 
> use for that if needed (I don't have an external notebook HD device.
> 
> I downloaded the new gOS today (I think the Beta version).  I must
> say, 
> I really like it.  A little plain, but runs quick.

Well, I forgot to mention that this assumes a binary distro: if you're
using a source-based distro, you'd either need to cross-compile or put
just enough live binaries to get it running on the other machine to
run its own compiles.

A PII w/128MB is more than enough to do anything like this.  In fact,
in this case you can just disconnect the master hard drive from the
computer you'll be installing from and put the drive from the laptop
in its place (with the before-mentioned converter, of course).
Then just run your install disk as before, but make sure you select
drivers for the laptop rather than the machine you're running the
install on.

I also re-read the above (it's not very clear).  If you have another
laptop that DOES have a CD-ROM in it, then that'll work as well by just
swapping the hard drives, no converter needed.  Just be careful of the
drive mounting rails, they can be flimsy.

Mike

> 
> Mike Storke wrote:
> > Chip, I got my hands on a very old laptop as well: a Hitachi E100
> with
> > 16 MB RAM and a P1-100 non-MMX.  Win-95 1st edition is currently
> > installed on it, and the screen is mostly ok.
> >
> > The problem is that this is a sub-notebook: no cd-rom, which was
> meant
> > to be an external unit like yours.  Since I can't find it, I
> finally
> > got
> > my hands on a Backpack parallel-port drive.  Assuming it will boot
> off
> > CD, this is a definite possibility.  The thing is, I can't remember
> > what
> > year the El-Torito standard came out.
> >
> > Then I came up with option 2, which I've also read about elsewhere:
> > get a 3.5 to 2.5 inch PATA adapter and install the drive as a slave
> in
> > a
> > desktop computer.  You can do anything you want with it now.
> >
> > In addition, I found a good deal on the 100 MB drives used in this
> > thing (4 bucks!) so I got a couple and will just install onto a
> fresh
> > drive, keeping the original Win-95 drive separate.
> >
> > I haven't done the install yet (one of these days...) but will
> > eventually.  The tough part is whether even DSL (Damn Small Linux)
> > can get X and Mozilla working in just 16 megs of ram.  If not, oh
> well.
> >
> > You didn't mention the specs of your machine, but I hope these
> ideas
> > will help.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > P.S. For everyone else that helped me before, thanks: I think DRI
> is
> >      working, but my hardware (especially the bus) is just too
> slow.
> >      Still got a good deal I think, though.
> >      Now to get Linux on this new laptop of mine (Acer Aspire
> 5520-5912
> >      from Wal-Mart: Turion X2 1.9 GHz 2 GB ram nforce 610M IGP
> > w/Geforce
> >      7000M integrated and...oh, yeah, vista and the m$ tax...)
> >
> > --- chip33az at netscape.net wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I have a fairly old laptop that uses a special cable for the
> CD-ROM 
> >> (which I can't find).  I wanted to put Linux on it and it
> currently
> >> has 
> >> Windows 2000 installed.
> >>
> >> I thought about doing the netinstall from Debian, but wanted to
> try 
> >> something different so I went to 
> >> http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html and tried a Fedora 8
> >> install.
> >>
> >> I ran the Gparted Distro first and that worked well and I was able
> to
> >>
> >> shrink my Windows partition.
> >>
> >> I then ran the Fedora install.  It did take quite a bit of time
> >> (about 1 
> >> 1/2 hours) just to get the OS installed.  It was even longer for
> the 
> >> updates (and I thought yum was faster this release).
> >>
> >> I don't know if I would recommend this for an install every time,
> but
> >>
> >> without a CD/DVD it sure came in handy.
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