An unusual problem!!!

[shindha]

Hello all,
I have got an old Dell Latitude CSX H500XT model laptop this does not have a floppy drive, cd drive nor will it boot from a usb drive (checked BIOS). It is running Windows 98 merrily but I would like to install a version of Linux on this, prefereably GUI based and a light version as it will be mainly used for web browsing.
I have heard of puppy Linux and played with fedora which was installed on a desktop from cds. I can take the hard drive out and put it in a caddy and hook it upto my pc and download linux onto it but then how will i install it on the laptop.
Sorry about the long first post, but there ive got it out of my system.
All help and suggestions subject related or otherwise greatly appreciated.

[arochester]

Have a look at "Install GNU/Linux without any CD, floppy, USB-key, nor any other removable media" at http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html

My concern woould be - How much RAM do you have?

[shindha]

Sorry, forgot to mention no internet access on this machine either at the moment.
I have purchased a network card for it but cannot install or download drivers hence the idea of removing the hard drive and installing the linux operating system. I would like to know how much to install to get me started and then i could update when i get the network card working.
Thank you.