Other Help Topics :: Downloading and Installing DSL using ONLY a floppy

I have an old laptop with no floppy disk drive, no CD drive, no USB port, no PCMCIA port, no network socket.

Here's how I installed Damned Small Linux onto it:

* Take out the harddisk from the laptop.
* Connect it to a desktop machine with a homebrew 44pin to 40pin + Power connector.
* Make sure the laptop harddisk is connected to the primary IDE channel.
* Make sure the CD Drive is connected to the secondary IDE channel (some laptop HDs dont have master/slave switches)
* Boot DSL from the CD.
* Perform a Harddisk install.
* Reinsert laptop harddisk into laptop
* Rejoice

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