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[ale] Getting Linux on an old laptop with only floppy drive and 100 MB Iomega zip drive



> I've got an old Win98 Toshiba satellite that I want to put Linux on, but 
> no CD ROM drive and no Internet, but I can get it to talk to an old 
> Iomega 100 MB Zip drive.  Any way to take an Ubuntu CD-ROM iso image and 
> chop it up into 100 MB chunks for copying to the laptop or installing 
> from the Zip drive?

If it's an older laptop, Ubuntu might be a little heavy.
I've re-purposed a couple of old machines wuth DSL - Dang Small Linux
and been impressed.