best way to install linux to a laptop

[Brent Harding]

The trouble is how to use utils on the root disk when you have to
physically remove the floppy drive to get the CD in?
At 06:06 PM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
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>FC
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>On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote:
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>> 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
>> Voice mail: 877-791-5298
>> Email: davros at ycardz.com
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