vh wrote:
>
> Thank you for your help, I think I'll go with Slackware.
> I've got an advice also to try VectorLinux (Slackware based
> distributive, but with easy installation) Since I don't angry a
> command line...I'm not sure.
I do not know VectorLinux.
> CG> Does system have ATAPI IDE CD-R
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From: Chuck Gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: Linux for old PC
To: vh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dea
Any experience?
Dear vh:
Does system have ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive?
Yes. I've installed Slackware in smaller resource systems.
SuSEv7.0 in Pentium-166-laptop with 16 M of RAM using fwvm95/fwvm2
window manager(s), Xwindows, I can use Netscape Communicator v4.77
with some swap thrashing. ;-) I
One quick caveat for disk-swapping.
Watch your BIOS settings for the drive.
Different BIOS' detect any drive distinctly, and having one BIOS use
w sectors and x heads may give the same MB as y sectors and z heads
... but the drive will not always read correctly with an alternate setup.
On Sunday 15
On Sunday 15 June 2003 07:30, vh wrote:
> Hello List.
> I want to run Linux on rather old PC.
> The PC is Pentium MMX 166 with 24M RAM, S3 Trio Video and 2,5Gb WD Hard
> Disk, motherboard is Intel 430 VX. I tried set up ASP Linux, but it
> hangs up during installation of packages (on ASP forum I wa
Make sure you do a text-only install, as opposed to an X-Windows
install. 24MB is a bit small to do X without swap. This may be the
source of your problems. I'd also suggest that you make your swap file
reasonably large (a couple hundred meg).
You never really said what this is for. are you intend
Hi VH.
> I want to run Linux on rather old PC. The PC is Pentium MMX 166
> with 24M RAM, S3 Trio Video and 2,5Gb WD Hard Disk, motherboard
> is Intel 430 VX.
>
> I tried set up ASP Linux, but it hangs up during installation of
> packages (on ASP forum I was told that this distributive should
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, vh wrote:
> Hello List.
> I want to run Linux on rather old PC.
> The PC is Pentium MMX 166 with 24M RAM, S3 Trio Video and 2,5Gb WD Hard
> Disk, motherboard is Intel 430 VX. I tried set up ASP Linux, but it
> hangs up during installation of packages (on ASP forum I was told th
At 11:30 PM 6/14/2003 +0400, vh wrote:
Hello List.
I want to run Linux on rather old PC.
The PC is Pentium MMX 166 with 24M RAM, S3 Trio Video and 2,5Gb WD Hard
Disk, motherboard is Intel 430 VX. I tried set up ASP Linux, but it
hangs up during installation of packages (on ASP forum I was told that
