[aclug-L] Re: install?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ouch, that bites.

You may want to try getting for just a "newer" one.  You could
probably find a used one for a couple hundred dollars, with more RAM,
if that's an option.  Otherwise, give Debian 1.1 a try.

-- John

Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The laptop is an old 486-33 epson. The 4meg ram is not upgradable, epson had 
> an
> exclucive on how it plugged in, and has since quit supporting the model 
> altogether.
> I had to put 1/4 inch spacers just to change the hard drive, as the case was 
> too
> small, and I had to make up a different ide cable for the new drive.  Mickey 
> moused
> to say the least, but I do not have 1.5k for a new one.
> 
> Mike
> 
> John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > Most modern Linux distributions will not install in 4 mb.  You may be
> > able to sneak by with a copy of Debian 1.1 and the lowmem disk, and
> > then upgrade once it's installed.
> >
> > Can the laptop be upgraded?  If so, I'd highly recommend that route
> > instead.
> >
> > -- John
> >
> > Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > THe laptop fell through, I am still plugging along on the dinasour! :-(
> > >
> > > A robot crashed and fried the budget!!
> > >
> > > My laptop has 4meg of ram, I am open to any clues on how to make linux 
> > > install
> > > and run, if possible.  I am not wanting x windows, just text enviroment.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > John Goerzen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I love Linux on my Dell.  What sort of laptop do you have, and what
> > > > specific questions did you have regarding it?
> > > >
> > > > Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Who is pretty hot with the new laptops,  I am wanting to put the 
> > > > > latest
> > > > > version of linux on the work laptop. I am going to set up about 2 gig
> > > > > for Linux. It has sound, 400pII, 15", all the toys.
> > > > >
> > > > > On another related, I have a personal laptop it is only 4 meg ram, and
> > > > > the manufacture  quit supporting it, and nobody makes the special
> > > > > connector for the ram module.  I have tried to follow the lowmem 
> > > > > howto,
> > > > > but nothing has worked yet.  It keeps hanging up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   
> > > > jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> > > > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       
> > > > www.debian.org |
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > The 25,236,714th prime number is 477,613,739.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > |
> > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org 
> > |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > The 74,099,584th prime number is 1,486,769,111.
> 
> 

-- 
John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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The 1,052,084th digit of pi is 5.