There's a How-to for putting Linux on a small hard drive system on linuxdocs.org, I'd recommend looking into that. He's using Slack 3.0 I believe. I based a Slack 7.1 install on a 400MB desktop machine off of that, and it works fine. I'm running the 2.2.16 kernel still, but plan to update the kernel to 2.4.2 shortly. Given your system, I'd recommend given Slack a thought. With full install, it runs close to 900MB (I'm at 1.27 GB including StarOffice 5.2, Adabas DB, and a couple of other things). On the desktop I got it down to around 250MB without X. This is all based off the iso I got from www.linuxiso.org Shawn Simeon Johnston wrote: > I have a laptop that I would like to load linux on. I have a T1 at work > and can basically download any distro I want. I am wondering wich > distro would work best ( =fastest with the least Pain In the Assery ) on > my laptop. > These are the specs ( it is an old POS but it runs great ): > > Model: IBM 755 CE > 486 DX4 100Mhz > 16 MB ram ( I had 24 but the chip got fried ) > 640 x 480 screen > At least 256 colors but I think it might be capable of millions. > 1 840 MB hard drive.