sunshine_wonder wrote: > > It's not hard to find big chunky distributions on CD-ROM but how do I > shoehorn Linux on to my laptop? Is a 600 meg hard drive big enough for > the OS, a word processor, and a game or two? Will it run more slowly > with Linux than it does with Dos 6.22? Is there some kind of GUI that > will run as well as Win 3.1 does? >
I think you shouldn't have problems installing debian in your laptop. I have installed debian in a disk of 150 MB and it fits; obviously with only necessary packages. 600 MB is more than enough to have a comfortable environment. A little word of advice. I have never installed debian using the automatic installation procedure "a la windows". I use dpkg (the low level pckage installer) to install only the packages I need and my installation is about 100 MB, whith a lot of things. I think the automatic installation puts a lot of things in your hard drive which you will never use. The way to go is to install the base system, following the instructions outlined at <http://www.debian.org> and then install the packages you want using dpkg (or apt if you want a nicer interface, I haven't used it). You will end with a lot of free space in your HD. Felipe Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
