Debian has the "Net Install" that does that. Minimum files and download the rest when you are there. That can be done on ethernet broadband/dsl or wirelessly. look for term Net Install.
On 3/31/2011 9:44 PM, Chris Becker wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:55 PM, dlp<[email protected]> wrote: >> Puppy will run on it. Puppy is base on Ubuntu. >> >> david > Will the Puppy Linux live CD boot on 64 MB? Even Barry's version > (wary) is around 80 MB, and the whole thing needs to load in RAM > right? I suppose if you had formatted a swap partition ahead of time, > or copied the files off the CD directly onto the harddrive for a > frugal install, there would be no issue. Is there a boot option > needed to only load essential files instead of the entire thing? > >> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:26:31 -0400 >> J<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 17:22, Ken<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I have an older HP computer, not this one, that has a Pentium II processor >>>> and 64 MB >>>> Ram. >>>> >>>> Would this be a good candidate for Linux and if so any particular version? >>>> Just looking >>>> for something to play around with, maybe surf the web email and such. >>> Yeah... you're going to be hard pressed to get any modern linux >>> running on that... You may be able to get one of the small distros >>> like Puppy or Damn Small Linux running on it. It's possible you can >>> get something with no GUI running like a server oriented distro, or >>> something along those lines. >>> >>> To be honest, it's been forever since I ran anything with 64mb of RAM. >>> If you can find more RAM somewhere and get it to 256 you'll have a >>> much better chance. It'll still be horribly slow, but a lot better >>> than with 64MB. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> jeff >> -- >> dlp >> ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
