Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
TED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook > - Sorry about that, my own text got lost replying here. It read as follows: On Saturday 14 April 2001 10:24, you wrote: > hello all > i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
TED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook > - Sorry about that, my own text got lost replying here. It read as follows: On Saturday 14 April 2001 10:24, you wrote: > hello all > i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-19 Thread Brett Hearn
The smallest distro I have heard of is Peanut Linux but it still needs 300 MB. http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/ - Original Message - From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] lin

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
TED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook > - Sorry about that, my own text got lost replying here. It read as follows: On Saturday 14 April 2001 10:24, you wrote: > hello all > i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my leg

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-19 Thread Brett Hearn
The smallest distro I have heard of is Peanut Linux but it still needs 300 MB. http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/ - Original Message - From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] linu

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-19 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 14 April 2001 10:24, you wrote: > hello all > i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy notebook > (specifficaly the GUI) > it has a hard disk of 115megabytes. > can anyone tell me if this is possible? and if possible, how to > accomplish this? > im currently running w95 but t

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-18 Thread Michael D. Viron
You are going to have a hard time fitting even a minimal install of Mandrake on there which is somewhere around 400 MB (non-custom install). The smallest linux install I've done was a RedHat 5.2 install (with no gui though) on a 127 MB. It is possible that if you carefully go through each package

[newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-18 Thread inf rarood
hello all i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy notebook (specifficaly the GUI) it has a hard disk of 115megabytes. can anyone tell me if this is possible? and if possible, how to accomplish this? im currently running w95 but that sucks big time thanx in front !

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-07 Thread Robert F. Trettel
Check out this site http://www.linux-laptop.net you should find anything here. Enjoy yourself R.F. Trettel - Original Message - From: "Jeffrey C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: RE: [newbi

RE: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-07 Thread Jeffrey C.
--Original Message-- From: "inf rarood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: April 4, 2001 9:44:05 AM GMT Subject: [newbie] linux on a notebook hello can anyone tell me if i can fit mandrake on a notebook/and how to do this i am using 7.2 thanks in f

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-07 Thread Dave Sherman
A notebook PC is no different than a desktop PC. If you have enough hard drive space, RAM, and a powerful enough CPU (at least a Pentium), you can install Mandrake Linux on it. However, you should be aware that Mandrake might not have full support for your hardware. This is less of an issue no

[newbie] linux on a notebook

2001-04-07 Thread inf rarood
hello can anyone tell me if i can fit mandrake on a notebook/and how to do this i am using 7.2 thanks in front