PCMCIA install / Network install

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 12:06:33PM +0100, Richard Morrell wrote:
> However I have a couple of tiny laptops by IBM - Thinkpad 240's that I
> use in the car on AC/DC converter when I am travelling. Both currently
> run dual boot 2K Pro and CentOS 3.x. They're really cool tiny little
> laptops ideal for travelling and I'd love to get Ubuntu onto them.
> 
> So I have options, network install or a driver disk supporting PCMCIA
> as the 240 has no drives and external IBM floppy or CD.
> Superbootmanager gets me to the boot off HDD and floppy but of course
> doesnt get me to PCMCIA nor did I expect it to.
> 
> Can I do an install over http on the network here or via FTP from a
> local box ? Does such a driver disk exist or do I have to go think
> about making one ?

We don't provide any floppy installation methods at the moment (although
I'll probably think about it for Hoary, as it's been requested a fair
bit). If you can netboot these systems, though, you can install Ubuntu
that way. Look in
/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ in the
archive for the images: you'll want either vmlinux and initrd.gz if you
already have a PXE boot setup available, or pxeboot.tar.gz if you don't.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]