On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:13:58 -0400 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 02:22:48 -0500 "Richard R. Sivernell" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Collins > > > > I have an older laptop coming, a compac. It has a 1 gig hd and > > can have 40 meg memory. At this time I have no cdrom on the > > machine, my son is sending it. & the cdrom with pcmia that I do > > have does not support linux, on braindead stuff. My question is, > > with these requirements can I still install gento on it. I am > > going to get a larger hard disk 4-10 gig. I will run X and xfce > > on it. would like just enough kde3 to run kdevelop & java > > development. The lan nic 10/100 pcmia is ok but I may not have > > the tcpip stuff on the machine. Now the machine may turn out to > > be a big waste of time too, just do not know at this time. It is > > inroute now. > > > > What model Compaq? > > As for unsupported pcmcia IDE cdroms... the only hitch I've come > across is some of the older units not being able to read cdr or > cdrw. > > As for running kde3 or portions there-of on 40meg... good luck. :') >
Sorry to hear about that! I don't think gentoo or any of the mega-distros is the answer. 64meg ram is pretty much the minimum for anything with X. There's a really minimalist distro, but I can't remember the name. You might do some searches on google or on our archives (I tried it out long ago). xfce or blackbox are your best bets for a usable X environment with low mem. Good luck. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.17+ xfce-sylpheed-dillo-opera _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
