Old Compaq LTE 5000.

mghis · 06-20-2010, 04:31 PM

Hi all!
This is my problem:
I have an old Compaq LTE 5000 laptop, and i cannot install on it a new os because it does not have a CD-ROM drive. Now it is running with DOS installed.

Can you suggest a LINUX distro that i can install by floppies?

Thanks for any reply!

colucix · 06-20-2010, 05:11 PM

I've never tried it, but one of the last Linux OS releases still providing floppy images is Debian 4.0 (etch). You can find them on every Debian mirror under dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/.

Most likely some of the tiny Linux OSs provide images and/or instructions to boot from floppy disks. Here is an example from the Damn Small Linux FAQ: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/install_from_floppy.html.

Good luck!

mghis · 06-20-2010, 05:22 PM

Thanks!

I'll try that OS!!!

MrCode · 06-20-2010, 06:10 PM

Does the laptop have any USB ports, or is it just that old?

If it does, then you might be able to use a USB CD-ROM drive with it so that you could install a Linux distro from a regular CD.

mghis · 06-21-2010, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrCode

Does the laptop have any USB ports, or is it just that old?

If it does, then you might be able to use a USB CD-ROM drive with it so that you could install a Linux distro from a regular CD.

It is really old! It has not USB port or ethernet port.
Only a 9-pins serial port...

Thanks for any other reply.

PS: I need suggest about NetBSD...