Re: [TCLUG:13980] notebooks

[Mark K <mkroska@readynetgo.com>]

Or, you could get a NIC and use NFS to install, since we all know you have
*other* computers with cdroms and NICs in them.....

Mark

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Erick Stohr wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good notebook that is pretty compatable with
> linux that is under $2400 or less? I have heard that Sony Viao is good
> and I have spoken with Dell, but I am wondering about a cheap e-machine
> that I can get pretty damn cheap or some other brand. Any
> recommendatoins?
> 
> Also, my friend has an old IBM thinkpad, like a p100, if even that, and
> it has no cdrom.I am up for a good challenge, I figure there a two
> options, 1. buy and expensive external cdrom and try to install linux
> that way, or 2. somehow get online with it and download linux or 3. is
> there a way to get linux on floppies?
> 
> I have never dealt with linux on a notebook comp. anyone have any
> experinces to share?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Erick
> 
> 
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