From: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi) Subject: Re: Help! Floppyless Linux ? Date: 20 Sep 1993 20:51:54 GMT
In article Ln9@cs690-3.erie.ge.com, teffta@cs690-3.erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft) writes:
>In article 15783@cc.gatech.edu, byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
>>In article <27ctjk$osb@aurora.engr.latech.edu>, Alex Ramos
>><ramos@engr.latech.edu> wrote:
>
>>>I have a 386 SX/16 with 80meg of disk space (in 2 disks), BUT only a
>>>360K floppy, which I'd call "floppyless" for all practical purposes. Is
>>>there any way I can install Linux on this machine? I have a modem and
>>>access to SLIP lines at school, if that would be of any help.
>
>HD 3.5" drives are about $60 now. See if you think that's a reasonable
>investment (consider that it can move with you to any future machine).
Are you kidding? I've seen them for more like $45. I bought an EHD
(2.88 MB) drive for $70, a Toshiba, no less!
But I agree, it'll need some sort of higher density floppy, or Ethernet, or
tape, or SOMETHING for the machine to be worth your time.