[TriLUG] Linux Install/Hardware Issue

[jeffj at ro.com]

John Turner <jdturner at nc.rr.com> said the following on the auspicious date of 02-02-12:

>I have a laptop that has no internal floppy or CD. I have 
>installed Linux in the past by removing the HD and putting
>it in my desktop machine. But I would like to try another
>method next time.

>Can the current distros install off of a USB CDROM or should I get a
>PCMCIA SCSI CARD?

>Does anyone know a good (cheap) place to get external floppy cables for
>IBM Thinkpads?

You might be able to find the floppy hardware here:

http://thinkpads.com/start.htm

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