On Saturday 03 May 2003 15:28, Sergio Masci scribbled:
> Stop thinking windows and think Linux!!!

:-)


> Use a serial or parallel cable to connect your notebook to your other
> machine (use slip, ppp or plip). Then use NFS to remotely mount drives =
over
> your serial or parallel link. If this is too much grief, use ftp to cop=
y
> stuff from your other machine into the RAM disc of your notebook.

Yes and no -- the other machines are far off.  But I'm working on the wla=
n=20
drivers to get my wireless NIC working on the single-floppy distrib.  If =
I=20
pull this off, then I can leave the floppy in permanently, boot up and th=
en=20
let it mount the remote drives, etc, etc.



> Also
> consider possibility of buying CF for use as hard drive. You wont need =
a
> special tray with that but you may need to hack together a connector if=
 you
> don't already have a PCMCIA slot on your notebook.

Was thinking the same, since I'm eventually planning on splitting the car=
 mp3=20
setup into CF for the OS and HD for the data mp3's.  So I could've used t=
he=20
same CF adapter and card later.  I thought of using the same CF-to-IDE=20
adapter as well, but that means finding the HD tray, since the Dell's use=
 an=20
adapter in the tray to conform to their proprietary setup.

But I'm resisting *any* purchase right now since every dollar counts, unt=
il=20
I'm employed again.  So ingenuity/creativity takes priority over expendit=
ure. =20
I have a bunch of pics and some old proms .... perhaps I can create some=20
bootable storage device with those? :-)

Cheers,
-Neil.

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