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Paul Sutton wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> james kilty wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 11:13 +0000, Tom Potts wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Best option - hang a CD in the machine if you can - needs a PCMCIA->EDI >>>> connector just to do the install. Or borrow a "laptop" cd drive for the >>>> install - it may just 'plugin'. >>>> >>> At our weekend, a visitor was offered the option of taking his hard >>> drive out and bringing it to a computer which could install to it. This >>> may be an option if the others don't suit. >>> >> Yeah, if it's a standard 2.5" IDE drive then it's possible to get an >> external case for about £5 or so from the usual online suppliers. >> >> Something like this for instance would be ideal (they do work really >> well): http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=373&prepg=1 >> >> With this I'm sure it would be possible to install something like Damn >> Small Linux onto the drive, although it may require a bit of tweaking >> after installation (for instance possibly updating bootloaders to tell >> them to use hda1 rather than sda1). >> >> Sounds like something to try at a LUG meet. >> >> Rob >> >> >> > What about USB pendrives, > > Paul > This machine is so old it looks like it'll be pre-USB, from what I've seen on the internet it's a Pentium 100 with a whopping 800 Megabyte hard drive and about 8MB ram. I vaguely remember when these came out, probably about 1994/95 ish, someone where I worked had one. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html