hi all, i remember that when i first tried out linux (redhat 4.1), it was supposed to run on anything, i guess that today with a distribuution like mandrake 7 this isn't neccessarily the case. i have been given (temporarily) an old 486 DX-66 with no cd-rom drive, a 504mb hard drive and 8mb of ram, a) can i copy over the mandrake cd to the drive minus rpms that i dont want to install and still get install to work? b)can i do this and still have networking capabilities? (still have to buy two cheap cards - unless there's another way to connect the machines? i just want to learn about networking, peformance isn't an issue) c) what rpms should i copy over to the hard drive? d) anything else i should know (kernel optimisation - i made that phrase up!- etc.) e) when i have to give the machine back, what is the minimum i could install on it for useable but basic office and net usage, in X? this could be an involved answer so any urls etc. would be gratefully received tia bascule
