[ale] Network Install

[hbbs at bellsouth.net (Jeff Hubbs)]

Yes, network install is valid for this case.  I have not done this
myself and the exact procedure may vary from distro to disto, but I
think you have to use a boot floppy image that enables PCMCIA support
and network support such that you can FTP, NFS, or SMB the installation
using a PCMCIA Ethernet card.  I would imagine that another path forward
is available if you have a sizeable PCMCIA disk drive:  use a boot
floppy that enables PCMCIA support and do a hard drive install after
having prepared the PCMCIA disk drive with a distro on another machine.

I wish I could give more specific help, but I at least wanted to give
you some hope!

- Jeff

Jim Williams wrote:

> I have a laptop that does not have a CD-ROM.  I want
> to do an install and I thought somewhere once I saw a
> network install HOWTO or I saw it in another HOWTO but
> I have not been able to find it.  Can anyone point me
> in the right direction or is there another way I can
> get Linux on this machine?
>
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