Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-21 13:39:46, schrieb Matthew K Poer: I have a Thinkpad 600: ~5.5 gig HDD, 196mb RAM, and a P2. ..and if you look in the header of my Messages you will find something like tp570.private :-) It is an IBM TP570, P2/366 with 192 MB no CD a/Floppy, ultra light running Sarge with

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-22 09:39:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: But he can run also http://www.embedian.org/ to stay with Debian. No such domain: www.embedian.org \ / I was a little bit typing to fast... http://www.emdebian.org/ Thanks, Greetings and nice Day

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-22 09:41:19, schrieb Mike McCarty: They claim to make a universal embedded operting system. When do I get my port to the MC68HC11? It's my favorite embedded machine. IF YOU CONTRIBUTE :-) Since you are a REAL-GEEK, - it will be no problem for you. :-) Happy coding and

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-03-02 Thread Mike McCarty
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-22 09:41:19, schrieb Mike McCarty: They claim to make a universal embedded operting system. When do I get my port to the MC68HC11? It's my favorite embedded machine. IF YOU CONTRIBUTE :-) Since you are a REAL-GEEK, - it will be no problem for

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 01:19:27PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: My friend has a 128MB RAM/10GB HDD computer that runs fine with Fluxbox, XDM, and his wireless card (NIC). Luxury!!. # less /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 2

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip] My friend has a 128MB RAM/10GB HDD computer that runs fine with Fluxbox, XDM, and his wireless card (NIC). I have a Thinkpad 600: ~5.5 gig HDD,

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 09:39, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip] [snip] course Xfce-Terminal (with about a half dozen tabs generally

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:36:31 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 09:39, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 14:46, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:36:31 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/23/07 09:39, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:46 -0500, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:36:31 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 09:39, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-23 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:50:54 -0500 Matthew K Poer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I swap pretty badly running Gnome with only 192mb. Esp. when I have Evolution open. But I *need* calender and email functionality, and Evolution handles it really, really well. If there were a stand-alone

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-22 Thread Mike McCarty
pinniped wrote: Yes, it can be done, but not with the current default system. You now have to be an expert to get Debian to run on that class machine. For Debian I would recommend a minimum 32MB with no X, and minimum 64MB if you run X. However, there are alternatives (see

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also http://www.embedian.org/ to stay with Debian. No such domain:

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also http://www.embedian.org/ to stay with Debian. They claim to make a universal

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also http://www.embedian.org/ to stay with Debian. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also http://www.embedian.org/ to

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:46:50 +0100 Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 18:25 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:46:50 +0100 Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Bob McGowan
Greg Folkert wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 18:25 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is But he can run also

Re: Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 18:25 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-16 03:55:36, schrieb pinniped: Two popular ones I know of are: DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the

Debian on ancient machines

2007-02-15 Thread pinniped
Yes, it can be done, but not with the current default system. You now have to be an expert to get Debian to run on that class machine. For Debian I would recommend a minimum 32MB with no X, and minimum 64MB if you run X. However, there are alternatives (see www.distrowatch.org for too many