You need to have some connection to anything where you can copy the knoppix cd to the laptop hdd. Some options are:

- External CD (connected by USB (ideal) or parallel (would take ages to copy one cd) or external ZIP drive (limit 100 Mb, so, you must use Feather Linux)
- USB pen drive (you laptop is old, so I think this is discarded)
- Network: Maybe this is the mos feasible option. One ethernet pcmcia card must be easy to copy. When you are connected to some net, must be easy copy the data.