Installing on a Laptop

[Brian Densmore]

I'll bring a Mandrake 8.0 distro. Be warned though, I haven't been able to
install it on my ThinkPad, but I haven't tried an expert install yet. If you
have an external mouse, you might want to bring it (wink, wink, nudge,
nudge, ...).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:b3d at kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:42 PM
> To: KC Linux User Group
> Subject: Installing on a Laptop
> 
> 
> I plan on installing Linux on an old ThinkPad 365XD I have.  
> It will be 
> used by my 9 yr old daughter most of the time.  I have the Red Hat 
> distro, but was thinking that Mandrake might be a better one 
> to get her 
> started with.  Any thoughts on this from the group?  Also, 
> the internal 
> CD-ROM is broken, so I have a Bantam Backpack CD-ROM.  I was 
> planning on 
> bringing this outfit to the meeting tomorrow, but since that 
> was a brain 
> fart, and the meeting is next week, I will try to make it to 
> the meeting 
> next week to do this install.  Is there anything in 
> particular I should 
> bring, or will we be able to get this install done by just 
> bringing the 
> hardware, and perhaps a blank floppy?  Someone will have the Mandrake 
> 8.0 install CD, right?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.
> Jim Herrmann
> 
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