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Re: [TCLUG:13980] notebooks



Borrow somebodies PC-Card Nic and load it up that way.  Or you could do it 
via PLIP cable (parallel port)

Kelly Black



>From: Erick Stohr <visuale1@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>To: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: [TCLUG:13980] notebooks
>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:48:42 -0600
>
>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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