I just recently did a Slack 8.1 install over the network on a similarly configured laptop. Network installs are the best. Bring it down and we'll send help you get whatever you want installed. I'm not familiar with Suse but have worked w/Slack, RedHat and FreeBSD. I'm sure Suse can't be all that different. My only suggest is to give yourself plenty of time. 486's typically take a *LONG* time to install. Get here early and it won't be a problem. Mike Nixon wrote: > I'm looking forward to the installfest next weekend, but I wanted to > be prepared. I have an old Laptop without CDROM that I want to > install linux on. I'm more familiar with RedHat or Suse, but I'll go > for anything that works! > > My Equipment: > Laptop TS30AS, 486 75mhz, 12MB RAM, 500MB HD, Floppy, but no CD-ROM. (http://www.tjunker.com/TS30AS.html) > > I've also bought a US Robotics / Megaherts PCMCIA Card (10mb LAN + > 28.8 modem) but I don't have it infront of me to see the model number. > I plan to use this at home to connect to my linksys router and the > internet. Besides a little light browsing and email, I would like > to do word processing (any text editor will do), and maybe use a > spreadsheet. > > I also have the 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" HD mounting kit, so I could copy > stuff onto the Laptop HD from my desktop. Would it be easier to do > this rather than a network (or floppy) install? > > I have install CDROMS for RH 7.3, Suse 8.0, and FreeBSD 4.6 > > TIA, > Mike Nixon > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- -scot