Karl Huysmans <karl.huysmans <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Hi All,A friend asked me to install "some" operating system on an old Dell laptop he got for free. The laptop has a pentium 2 400 MHz, 6 GB HD and 256 MB RAM, and will be used by his young children. > Anyone with any experience building such a system under Gentoo?Thank youKarl
Hello Karl, I'm sure we all have our 'horror' stories as compared to intallation on a resource rich machine. You eventually get their, but the price is usually extensive. The more you install these older machines, the smoother, somewhat, it gets. I use them for firewalls, and minimal servers. During my last installation, I ran across this link that might be the way to go. I have not install a 'gnap' gentoo system, but, it's on my todo list of new (gentoo) experiences. One more note, Vapier is 'the man' on all things gentoo-embedded. He and many other astute gentoo-embedded folks hang out at: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Which desktop/X package you intend to use, or a X-client is something that I have not looked into, in using gnap. Others on this list or on the gentoo-embedded may be able to provide recommendations and advice is gnap it the way to go for your needs. If there was a Gen_bunto CD for older p2 and p1 machines, all of the kids in my hood would be using gentoo........ hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
