I have an AST Bravo NB-RC laptop CPU = 486/33 Color RAM = 20 mb HDD = 190 mb VID = Chips & Technologies 65530 FDD = 1.44 Network = Xircom 10 mbt Zip Drive = Parallel Port 100 mb. Any chance that I could install Linux on this and get X going with 190 mb of disk? Just enough to get network, zipdrive, and maybe X running. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Trammell" <trammell+tclug at el-swifto.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Debian/woody on i386 laptop (8 MB RAM, 120 MB HD) > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 03:42:28PM -0500, Rick Meyerhoff wrote: > > We have had people come to install fests trying to get old machines to > > be useful. What resources did you find helpful? Is there a web site or > > two that is dedicated to this subject? > > > > The 4MB Laptop HOWTO (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/4mb-Laptops.html) gave > me the basic ideas I needed to do this. Even so I really wouldn't > recommend it. I doubt there's enough time at an installfest to > complete an install like this anyhow. > > I think this problem is self-selecting anyhow--anyone who could put > a machine like that to use would have the know-how to install Linux > on it, and conversely. Why waste time on the install for someone who > can't do without a GUI? > > -- > trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA 36F5 > Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list