Gayle Lee Fairless([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390 > with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it > in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 boots on the > machine. (Would I be able to migrate to Debian or just stay with Knoppix > if I go that way?)
I have Debian Testing running on 2 Thinkpad 770's one 60Gb HD and one with a 10 Gb HD. The 233 Mhz 770 is running as an Access point, with a NeatGear WG511U PCMCIA card, serving up the net to wireless and wired Lan. If you are up for a good distro, Debian is the way to go IMHO. You could always use the Knoppix Live CD to get a handle on linux. My 770's will not run any Knoppix but the 3.7 you tried. None of the (k)ubuntu CD's I tried have worked. The Debian netinstall iso was the only 2.6 kernel that I have not had a problem with on the 770's. :-) > > I also have woody and have seen the installation > advice on the installation of woody on a ThinkPad (Yep, I used Google). > I have booted the woody installation CDROM on the machine; however, it > could not find the original harddrive (I was waiting for the replacement > harddrive from Drive Solutions). Anyway I would prefer to install > something more modern. The one USB 1.1 port works well. I'm not sure > about the PCMIA slots. Obviously the CDROM drive works, or I could not > have installed Windows and booted live Linux CD's. Ubuntu Dapper Drake > stalled with a KDE desk error. The 1.1 USB slot on the 200Mhz 770 has worked with 2 different USB Wireless dongles. The pcmcia slots on that one are NG. I also found a Belkin USB-> Ethernet dongle that works also. > I've ordered a Belkin wireless USB adapter (g protocol). I have > not tested the internal modem yet but would want a faster connection. I > have a home network connected by ethernet and a Belkin wireless g router. > The network itself connects to the Internet through a Xoom DSL modem. > I have done network install of Debian etch to a desktop over my network. > Are there any special techniques or extra information that I have missed? > I can download iso images to my desktop and create CDROM's. >From the above I would suggest you take the jump to Lenny/Testing on the 390. I have not found anything that doesn't work, yet, on the 200Mhz box and it only has a 8.8Gb partition and its using only 29% of that. I loaded up a bunch of drivers on it to test all the USB stuff. You may have enough room for a Knoppix partition as well. A 3 dist boot job. Good luck! Wayne -- Linux - for those that deserve the Very Best! _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]