Chapter 3. Installation

Table of Contents
Related HOWTOs
Prerequisites - Partitioning
Linux Tools to Repartition a Hard Disk
Installation Methods
From a Boot Floppy plus CD-ROM - The Usual Way
From a DOS or Windows Partition at the Same Machine
From a Second Machine With a Micro Linux On a Floppy
From a Second Machine With a 2.5" Hard Disk Adapter
From a PCMCIA Device
From a Parallel Port ZIP Drive
From a Parallel Port CD Drive (MicroSolutions BackPack)
From a Second Machine Using the Parallel Port - PLIP Network Install
Installing Linux on Small Machines
Installing Linux on Macintosh PowerBooks

Related HOWTOs

  1. CDROM-HOWTO

  2. Config-HOWTO

  3. Diskless-mini-HOWTO

  4. Installation-HOWTO

  5. Pre-Installation-Checklist-mini-HOWTO

  6. Update-mini-HOWTO

  7. Hard-Disk-Upgrade-mini-HOWTO

  8. Installation and getting started by Matt Welsh and others available at the LINUX DOCUMENTATION PROJECT http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP

  9. Installing Debian Linux 2.1 For x86 by Bruce Perens, Sven Rudolph, Igor Grobman, James Treacy, Adam P. Harris ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/install.html

  10. Install-From-Zip-mini-HOWTO

  11. ZIP-Drive-mini-HOWTO