[ILUG] Linux on Dell Latitude CSx?

[Lars Hecking]

Proinnsias Breathnach writes:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:39:01PM +0000, Lars Hecking wrote:
> > 
> >  Hi all,
> > 
> >  I have this crappy old Dell laptop here that I would like to breathe new
> >  life into. The problem: it has no cd or floppy drive, and cannot boot off
> >  USB. It is, however, equipped with a connector for a docking station.
> 
> Let's start with what it does have: 
> 	I'm going to guess: A hard-drive
> 	Possibly a CD drive
 
 No CD drive.

> Simplest solution - if you have a hard-drive, you can schlap it into
> something that will allow a base install of something (debian maybe)
> after which, re-insert into the Dell, and work from there ?
 
 I have tried that with no success. The other laptop was a Gateway, I might
 get it to work if I could lay my hands on another Dell.

 -l