[CLUE-Tech] Serial Install to Laptop?

[Dale K. Hawkins]

Does it have USB?  I have installed Debian via a memory stick with good
results.  The memory sticks are a nice, cheap alternative.  I picked up
a 512 meg memory stick for $45 from Costco.  (That alone would give you
50% more "disk space" in your laptop).

-Dale

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 08:49 -0700, Jesse William wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i've been trying to install linux(suse) on an old laptop(IBM Thinkpad
> 365XD: P1, 16MB RAM, 1G HDD) and unfortunately this laptop has a CD
> drive, but no way to boot from it, and a way to boot from floppy, but
> no floppy drive. my question is, can i install linux from my desktop
> over serial connection? or should i get a networking card first and
> install over ethernet? there is currently no OS installed and i'm just
> looking for the basics so i can take notes in class and maybe use the
> network in lab, would there be a better choice than suse for this? all
> i really need is lynx(no X), pine, vi, bash, networking, bash, etc.
> just the basic stuff.
> 
> thanks!
> -Jesse
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