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<p class=MsoNormal>I hope someone can give some ideas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have a Toshiba Portégé 3500 laptop. (P3 1.3GHz, 1 GB of
RAM) It is a Tablet PC and has been running XP Pro Tablet Ed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have been trying to install Fedora for many months already
and am not giving up… I have successfully installed Fedora 8 on many other
PCs and laptops, but this one is a real challenge to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It is a non-standard PC: no built-in CD-ROM, it uses a
proprietary PCMCIA model from Targus made for this model, and special drivers
are needed to run it, DOS drivers do exist, but no Linux drivers. I only use it
to re-install Windows XP as the Toshiba recovery CDs need it. I do not care for
the Tablet PC specific functions, as I use it as a standard laptop.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I also have a standard external USB 2.0 CD<span lang=EN-CA>/</span>DVD-RW,
however it will not boot from this – but I do have an external FDD and it
will boot from this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If I try to boot the Fedora DVD, using the PCMCIA CD-ROM it
will get started, but then Anaconda will not recognize the device, and stops –
and no Linux drivers exists. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So I figure I could use the USB CD/DVD-ROM, as I think this
will be a valid device for Anaconda.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I need specific instructions to create floppies to get a successful
Fedora 8 installation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone help ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Denis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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