Linux on Dell laptop?

Igor Gueths igueths at lava-net.com
Fri Jul 16 12:55:30 EDT 2004


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Hi Cheryl. Misunderstanding is human nature so...no problem there. By the looks of it, I think the drive I have is a parallel one...Perhaps that's why its sooo slow? 
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:03:01AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Just so there's no confusion, my laptop isn't a dell, but here's what I 
> could find. By the way, to narrow down results, try going to google/linux 
> instead of just google.
> http://weblog/cemper.com/x.php?7=www.koeneglich.de/dell_8600.html
> tells wht works and how from this person's view but does not mention 
> floppy; may be other links there.
> If you go to google/linux and put in dell inspiron 8600 you get some 
> entries; also some if you add the word floppy or install floppy. I didn't 
> read all those; 
> they weren't about slackware install but might give you some clues.
> Btw, several entries seemed to mention a usb floppy; do you know what kind 
> of floppy you have?
> hth.
> 
> 
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> Cheryl
> 
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
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