Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-13 Thread Anuerin G.Diaz
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:16:21 -0900 tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hosted by guess who? > > Civileme > > who? sorry, couldn't resist. ;-) -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-12 Thread tester
ndful of floppies... >> >> thanks again! >> >> ned >> >> >> >> >> >> - Original Message ----- >> From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 4:

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread Barb
- >From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 4:50 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware > > > > mandrake 7.2 (older but still a nice distro) would run fine on that chip >and >

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread Ned
THANK YOU! This was just what I was looking for! - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware > then you may want to try a look at &g

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread shane
then you may want to try a look at http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Distributions/Tiny/ On Friday 11 January 2002 13:59, you spoke unto me thusly: > Shane, > > thanks for the response, but I am really looking for something even smaller > than that...the problem may be t

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread ajax
MAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware > > > mandrake 7.2 (older but still a nice distro) would run fine on that chip > > and > > > ram. but depending on w

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Ned wrote: > I want to install Linux on an old laptop with currently has 98SP2 on it...it > is a P1, 166, with 400 mg HD and 32 mgs RAM. I was pointed in the direction > of both TinyLinux and SpyLinux, but I was wondering if anyone here had any > better ideas...maybe a Mini_mandrake or something

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread Ned
ned - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware > mandrake 7.2 (older but still a nice distro) would run fine on that chip and >

Re: [newbie] OT: Small OS for Old Hardware

2002-01-11 Thread shane
mandrake 7.2 (older but still a nice distro) would run fine on that chip and ram. but depending on what you like and the other laptop hardware the harddrive may be a bit tight:-) On Friday 11 January 2002 13:31, you spoke unto me thusly: > I want to install Linux on an old laptop with