P5 75 laptop no cd rom - How can I get linux on it?

[thescribe7]

I'm bying an off brand laptop from a friend. It is a p5 75 w/16mg ram. He doesn't recal the brand name right off but think's it's an AT&T. It does not have a cd rom. nullHow can I load it? Can I get a distro on floppy? The system will not be duel booting and only needs to be ablre to email, print, web surf, and office apps.
Thanx in advance!
Thescribe7 ;)

[ 12 April 2001: Message edited by: thescribe7 ]

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[thescribe7]

Please HELP!!!

[H. M. Murdock]

you may have several different options. Do you have a high speed internet connection and a lan card for the laptop? If you do, you could do a ftp or a nfs install. You are going to have to use floppies to get a small base system on it. I know you can instal debian with a good amount of stuff on it with 15 floppies. Once you get the base system installed, configure your modem/internet connection, download the software you want/need, and voila you're done.

Murdock

[Pakrat]

http://www.linuxstart.com/distributions/mini/index.html

[thescribe7]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, I will try these options. :D

[Gnu/Vince]

Can you connect to the internet with it (modem or network card)? If so, then Debian, RedHat, the BSD's all have the possibility to do a ftp install. You could do that too