best way to install linux to a laptop

[Frank J. Carmickle]

Buddy.  You don't need the base tarball.  It's on the cd.  You can mount
the cd with all of the tools on the root disk.  If you are conserned about
the keymap that's a pretty easy thing to fix.  For some of us the 15m
download is a lot.


FC


On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote:

> Also remember you can get a $0.99 (or maybe it's back to $1.89, I haven't
> checked) CD of any distribution at
> www.linuxmall.com
> 
> It might be more if you get a multi-disk distro. Like maybe $2 or $3 or
> something.
> 
> And Linuxmall has actually done some good by making their site easier to
> use if you're blind. At least, last time I was there it was.
> 
> Bear in mind though that if you go the CD route, you'll still need to get
> the boot and root disks and the base.tgz file from the Speakup FTP site for
> Debian. I think I might play with making a Debian CD with the modified
> base2-2.tgz file myself.
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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> Email: davros at ycardz.com
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