[Techtalk] Installing Linux on an older laptop

[txjulie at austin.rr.com]

Alvin Goats wrote:
> 
> The only one I know of that can do this is Slackware 7.1 (an older
> version). Slackware 8.1 is not that friendly for such installs.
> 
> You will create a boot floppy, a root floppy (I recommend the color one)
> and then about 22 'a' disk install floppies from the install CD. Install
> the boot floppy, boot and then the color root floppy when requested.
> After that, use fdisk to set the partitions. I gave an old Toshiba
> laptop a 100Meg swap partition (100Meg swap + 24Meg RAM for an
> "apparent" 124Meg memory system for X, StarOffice and ApplixWare). Type
> 'setup' and then install the disks in order as requested. Make sure you
> are ONLY installing the 'a' series disks.
> 
> The 'a' disk set has just enough in it to become functional enough to
> connect to a tcp/ip network, a parallel port Zip drive, or if you have a
> SCSI card (i.e. an Adaptec SlimSCSI) any SCSI device (includeing SCSI
> CD-ROM drives ;) ). You can then bootstrap other devices to get your
> files to install from. You should be able to limp along after that. :)

Where is it possible to get the diskette sets anymore?  I just
installed ZIP 250 drives in all the machines in the house (except
for this one, which has a ZIP 750 drive, and the kitchen computer
which has no room for such a thing).  I'd like to be able to boot
Linux on those drives in the event I need to something Linux-y
without having to have separate partitions on them just for Linux.
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