[olug] Small old laptop challenge

[Abraham Serafino]

The real clincher is going to be that keyboard. I'm looking around but can't
figure out whether it's PS/2 compatible or not.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Abraham Serafino
<abrahams at teknohazard.com>wrote:

> If it's not an IDE floppy interface you might need some drivers for it or
> you might have to recompile your kernel after you install.
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:36 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > What about an external CD drive?
>>
>> I imagine IBM made one, but I don't have one for it, and it almost
>> assuredly wouldn't be bootable.  Since this is a work owned laptop I
>> can't really ask the boss to buy parts for it either.  :-)  The floppy
>> interface appears to be some kind of parallel port since it has a
>> printer/floppy graphic by it.  Other than that it's got the docking
>> port, and the PC card slots.
>>
>> Maybe I'll e-mail the DeliLinux maintainer and ask if he has a floppy
>> install option.
>>
>> Bill
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> Abraham Serafino
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Thanks!
Abraham Serafino
email: abrahams at teknohazard.com
homepage: http://www.teknohazard.com/blog

"He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me."
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life."
-- Jesus Christ