[ILUG] Linux on Dell Latitude CSx?

[Declan Moriarty]

Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> 
>  Hi all,
> 
>  I have this crappy old Dell laptop here that I would like to
>  breathe new life into. The problem: it has no cd or floppy
>  drive, and cannot boot off USB. It is, however, equipped with a
>  connector for a docking station.
> 
>  Any suggestions how I could go about upgrading this box? Or is
>  it time to have it "accidentally" run over by a truck?
> 
>  Thanks :)
> 
The search "linux plip install" on hotbot(?) used to throw up a
red hat doc that explained a process. Beware of plip 1 and plip 2
and it wasn't simple :-(.

tomsrtbt floppy linux also has plip, builds under dos or windoze,
and has many network drivers. 

If you have are near the Dublin area, I have a 1.4Gig laptop hard
drive with linux on it (lfs-3.3, iirc - vintage 2003/2003). It has

hda1 - boot - 10M?
hda2 - swap - 50M
hda3 - root - rest

I can even update it as I have an adapter to feed it into a normal
pc.
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	With best Regards,


	Declan Moriarty.