[NBLUG/talk] What/How to install on a Thinkpad 365X with no CDROM.

[Mitch Patenaude]

I came across two mostly-functional IBM Thinkpad 365X (2625-2E9)
laptops.  They're Pentium 133, 40MB with a 80MB hd.  I want to turn at
least one of them into a car computer running linux with a basic
GPSDrive install, maybe also 802.11{b,g}, Kismet, etc.

Here's the problem: neither one has a CDROM drive, but both have
functional floppy drives.  They have 2 type I or 1 type II pcmcia, but
not cardbus capable.  I've got a 802.11b card that is pcmcia, but my
10/100 base T card is only cardbus.  I'm trying to get a basic distro
onto these boxes.

So, what distro can I put on these, and how do I get it on there? 

I've tried tomsrtbt, and it woks fine, but since it's based on the 2.2
kernel, it has no support for wifi.  Is there a floppy based distro
that has a 2.4 kernel and wlan support?  Does anybody know of a cheap
pcmcia (not cardbus) 10/100 baseT card with good linux support?

What are my other options?  pulling the HD and slapping it in my
desktop (with a laptop IDE adapter)?

Thanks,
  -- Mitch