560Z with linux, anyone?

[gychang]

I have the 560Z but without external floppy or PCMCIA CD.

What distro work?, wireless card?, I have no OS installed on 7G HD now.

1. Do I have to get external floppy (can install DSL via floppy, I think).
2. if I get PCMCIA CD, will the bios recognize it on startup and allow to install the linux?

any help will be appreciated.

gychang

[ieee488]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn26F-hIFz8
Puppy Linux 4.1.1 on 560Z

Borrow an external floppy if you can. This would be easiest.

Does your BIOS allow booting via network? That is another option, though I have no personal experience with it.

www.murga-linux.com/puppy/ discussion forum

[gychang]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn26F-hIFz8
Puppy Linux 4.1.1 on 560Z

Borrow an external floppy if you can. This would be easiest.

Does your BIOS allow booting via network? That is another option, though I have no personal experience with it.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/ discussion forum

those links are very helpful, thanks.

I bought a external floppy and waiting... I am excited. The video shows Puppy is rather quick on this "slow" machine.

gychang

[ieee488]

I have Puppy Linux running on Thinkpad600E, and it is about as fast as Windows 98 and
has the added advantage of having drivers for my D-link wireless card.