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twistedmonkey
05-23-2001, 01:23 PM
my box is curently a major work in progress, and as of now i got no internet connection, no network support, no CD, no mouse (i have some of that stuff, just haven't got it hooked up since i don't need it as of yet). Hell, all i do have is a hard drive and a floppy.

right now i through on Dos 6 'cause i had it, it was 3 floppies and it works, i used that and small linux got my drive partitioned all nice and perdy like, and i've been lookin for a nice (none bloated) linux distro to throw on that won't be a HUGE hassle since i'll be doing the install from floppy.

any tips or suggesestions on which distro to use, how to go about getting it, and putting it on to floppies would be great!
(my work in progress is beside my familie comp which has a cable connection and IT works fine, so getting the files in no trouble, it's transfering them that i need help figuring out)

undef
05-23-2001, 03:33 PM
the only dist. that i know of is debian. you'll have to download about 11 base files plus the drivers just incase you need them.

once you have that on disk, you use rawrite to write those files onto floppy disk.
all you have to do next is to create a bootkdisk and follow the instructions.