ACMarina
Flashlight Enthusiast
Okay, here's the situation..
A buddy gave me his old laptop the other day, as he'd upgraded to a new computer and didn't need it anymore. (He knows I like to try the newest linux distros on old computers to see how they work)
The laptop is a Dell CSx. It's currently running Windows 98. The laptop itself doesn't have a floppy or CD drive, so there's no way to get anything there. I have an external Philips CD burner, but it's USB, and since I can't get drivers from the CD I'm lost. I can't access the internet because I need the drivers for the card, and I can't get them because they're on CD. Heck, I can't even copy them to a thumbdrive and bring them in that way, because W98 needs drivers to read a USB device and I can't get them because, alas, no CD drive..
Any thoughts? Anybody have a Dell external drive that I could borrow for a few days? Once I can get something modern installed as far as an OS goes, I can use my USB drive and everything.. Or any way to get the USB to work without drivers?
A buddy gave me his old laptop the other day, as he'd upgraded to a new computer and didn't need it anymore. (He knows I like to try the newest linux distros on old computers to see how they work)
The laptop is a Dell CSx. It's currently running Windows 98. The laptop itself doesn't have a floppy or CD drive, so there's no way to get anything there. I have an external Philips CD burner, but it's USB, and since I can't get drivers from the CD I'm lost. I can't access the internet because I need the drivers for the card, and I can't get them because they're on CD. Heck, I can't even copy them to a thumbdrive and bring them in that way, because W98 needs drivers to read a USB device and I can't get them because, alas, no CD drive..
Any thoughts? Anybody have a Dell external drive that I could borrow for a few days? Once I can get something modern installed as far as an OS goes, I can use my USB drive and everything.. Or any way to get the USB to work without drivers?