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 Parallel Port Using a Second Machine
Installing Linux on Small Machines
Installing Linux on Macintosh PowerBooks
Mass Installation

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

  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