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How about useing LOAF? I have a old IBM Thinkpad 486 and I'm trying to put LOAF on it. That is if I can find one that I can download and put on a floppy without errors. Hope it works. Any ideas ? have a HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!
Would this distro solve my problems on PII 266, 196RAM?
2) I also have an old Pentium 133Mhz, 16MB RAM, 400+200MB disks, viperpro graphic, NO CD-BOOT!.
Would this distro work on it? Till now it was win95 computer. I had numerous failures with RH 7, 7.3, Suse 8.0 installs - they all halt at some point .
Would this distro solve my problems on PII 266, 196RAM?
2) I also have an old Pentium 133Mhz, 16MB RAM, 400+200MB disks, viperpro graphic, NO CD-BOOT!.
Would this distro work on it? Till now it was win95 computer. I had numerous failures with RH 7, 7.3, Suse 8.0 installs - they all halt at some point .
Thank you in advance
Ales
for what it's worth, my install with Vector linux had only 16MB to work with on a Pentium 60Mhz and only 500Mb of hard disk space. also, i couldn't boot from CD either. had to setup install diskettes and fortunately they were able to detect the CD and install from there.
For the record, I keep a copy of smartboot manage and DSL (albeit on an 8mm cd9Same size as the floppy with SBM on it, so there's a ton of spare space) as a crash kit for windows machines I support.
Its amazing how much data recovery I have managed from dead windows systems,
A quick reinstall of the OS, and programs, Reinstall user data, and I and my Linux get hero status.
Actually I managed to put RedHat (totally totally minimal with X and windowmaker) on 400 mb (/usr) and 200mb (/), withouth pico to save space . I got a chance to learn vi - finally!
The problem is actually viper pro pci graphic card, which I guess won't be supported on Damn Small linux and others, since it is generally unsuported. I managed to get 320x200 in TWM though :-).
First I will change the card for some normal one, then download DSL, and then let you know.
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