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

[Bob Blick]

> 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?

damnsmalllinux.org has a great distro and lots of hints and scripts for
getting it into your machine. I don't know about 802.11b install though.

You can do an all-floppy install but that would be painful. PLIP or SLIP?

Anyway, there are lots of solutions on their faq and forum.

Cheers,

Bob