I realize this is quite off topic, but I want to get SuSE on this laptop so that I can take my favorite linux with me. I got it for free from a friend, one mans trash is another mans treasure and all that. Any way, to my dismay I found out that the floppy drive on it doesn't work. ( that's why he didn't want it anymore ) It is a T4900CT. I have been every where on the toshiba website and haven't been able to find anything about getting a replacement. It is an older model and quite unsupported. I have also checked places like pricewatch and esmarts and can't find anything. I would still like to get linux on this thing even if I can't find a replacement drive. There is no cdrom and the thing will only boot from either fdd or hdd. I could get a serial or parallel cable and set up slip or plip and nfs but how do I enable it on the laptop side of things? Is there anyway I can start an installation over a network while running dos or am I screwed? All it has on it right now is a minimal dos installation and a "lanman.dos" dir with a bunch of networking tools in it. Any suggesetions? I have never setup any kind of networking under dos so it seems to me to be a daunting task. I would greatly appreciate any help or info on this. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hmmm, tricky one. You could take the HDD out and put it in another laptop to do the installation. You could try opening the case and seeing if a regular floppy, or another manufacturer's laptop drive will work. You could get an LS120 drive which behaves like a floppy but attaches to the IDE bus (you might need a new BIOS to make it boot from that though). You could contact a refubished notebook supplier and ask if they have a suitable drive from a broken machine you could buy. Or someone else might have a better idea. :-}
Any way, to my dismay I found out that the floppy drive on it doesn't work. ( that's why he didn't want it anymore ) It is a T4900CT. I have been every where on the toshiba website and haven't been able to find anything about getting a replacement. It is an older model and quite unsupported. I have also checked places like pricewatch and esmarts and can't find anything.
I would still like to get linux on this thing even if I can't find a replacement drive. There is no cdrom and the thing will only boot from either fdd or hdd. I could get a serial or parallel cable and set up slip or plip and nfs but how do I enable it on the laptop side of things? Is there anyway I can start an installation over a network while running dos or am I screwed? All it has on it right now is a minimal dos installation and a "lanman.dos" dir with a bunch of networking tools in it. Any suggesetions? I have never setup any kind of networking under dos so it seems to me to be a daunting task. I would greatly appreciate any help or info on this.
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I think I will have to check some of the local computer shops to see if they have a replacement or can order one somewhere. I don't have another laptop to install from, and I wish I could just temporarily hook up a standard floppy drive but it has a different connector. The bios is already upgraded to the most recent available from toshiba. For now I guess I'm SOL. Thanks anyway. Derek Fountain wrote:
Hmmm, tricky one. You could take the HDD out and put it in another laptop to do the installation. You could try opening the case and seeing if a regular floppy, or another manufacturer's laptop drive will work. You could get an LS120 drive which behaves like a floppy but attaches to the IDE bus (you might need a new BIOS to make it boot from that though). You could contact a refubished notebook supplier and ask if they have a suitable drive from a broken machine you could buy.
Or someone else might have a better idea. :-}
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