Re: Can I install Linux with a proprietary CDROM and no floppy drive?

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

Alex Auritt wrote:
> 
> I'm hoping to install Linux on a 5 year old laptop which has no floppy
> drive and a proprietary CDROM that does not appear to be supported by
> the version of Linux I've got on hand.  (I've got a TEAC CD-44E -- note,
> the TEAC CD-55A does seem to be supported.)  Any advice?  I'm worried
> about running into problems if I've no reliable boot disk.

If you can boot for it you'r fine, other wise you need a floppy
or IDE-CD you can boot from to install.
Windows  has the same issue, so how did you install
windows on the machine?

As for troubles/boot disks:
I've never used one. One machine is Linux
only, and the other I installed Windoze first.


	-Thomas