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Posted: Dec. 28 2005,10:22 QUOTE

I'm pretty new at the Linux thing, but I got my little old toshiba laptop up and running (it's a 16MB RAM P75 machine) - it's not fast, but it works :o)

Can you boot from Tom's Root and Boot disk? If so, you might be able to copy the KNOPPIX and the boot folders from the CD to the harddisk and run the installer from that.

The info for Tom's root and boot  and  DSL frugal installation  is found at:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....tall%29
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....wto.pdf

The instructions at the top of the Wiki page tell you how to use Toms Root and Boot to partition your HDD before you attempt to install via the net. In your case, you could do all the partitioning stuff using the tomsrtbt disk. Reboot and then use Tomsrtbt to copy the files across from the CD.

I don't know that booting from HDD would make much difference, but it might be worth a shot..?
Good luck!
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Posted: Dec. 29 2005,11:58 QUOTE

Thanks for the advice, but I am really trying to avoid a frugal install...I need the system to run as fast as it can. I'll try it though, anything is better than nothing:D
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Posted: Dec. 29 2005,20:45 QUOTE

Well if you really want a full HD install, you could do the whole "frugal install thing" and then use your frugall installation to perform a full hd install.  Just make sure that the /boot directory has been copied over to your frugal installation location.
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