I have an old laptop I wanted to try to get to work. It came with Win 98, which I removed and replaced with XP. However, the machine has these specs:
PMMX 166 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 2 gig HDD and the HDD was too small to install SP2 onto the machine. As a result, I am convinced that Linux is the way to go. Don't know if Debian is the right package or not. Sarge might be too robust for this machine particularly w/ HDD size limitations. The other problem I have is that the CD drive is not bootable. Apparently the BIOS doesn't support it. I tried to do a flash upgrade and it said "Battery must be installed." So I gave up on that and am wondering if I can create a bootable floppy with some super-small distro of Linux and somehow get around this that way. Does anyone have any suggestions? How can I get an old notebook that can only boot from floppy or HDD to successfully install Linux, and work within the limits of the 2.0 gig hard drive size? I would need a breakdown of the process, from creating the floppy to installing the package onto the hard drive, preferably from a CD. I hope I'm not reaching too far here. TX JM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
