Hi Carl, > First for such an old laptop if you want Suse be sure to have at least > 20 gig free for a min install. If you cant get more than 256 mb on it, > I have a full set of 9.2 with an update disk. Support will die with the > advent of 10.2. I will attempt 10.0 when I get some more memory for > this PII 350Mhz.
I assume you mean 20 meg and not 20 gig...? Actually I think something like 1 gigabyte can already give you a few hundred of the better programs :-). An install with 20 mb harddisk space will be very minimal - once I tried to install on a PC with ca 250 mb harddisk, a medium 486 PC, but that was really basic and not very useful. One thing which is really useful for old computers is using old Linux versions. For example SuSE 6.4 - if you can live with a 2.2 kernel without USB support and stuff. Alternatively, there are many lesser known Linux distros around which are especially made for small computers with small harddisks and little RAM, but which are modern distros. I think the reason why there were no further mails in this thread this week is that, not wanting to get one of those few DOS compatible wifi cards second hand, and not wanting to get a Wifi-to-LAN adapter, in short, not wanting to do any hardware modifications, the original project probably just reverted to using Windows 95 or 98. Which is of course as unsupported as are old Linux versions, but honestly, for creating a wireless mp3 player, that really does not matter. So we can conclude that FreeDOS CAN be used to create a wireless mp3 player laptop, but that you need special networking hardware. That Linux also CAN be used, but that you need a special or old distro. That Windows CAN be used, but that you need an old version and patience because it will boot slowly. Oh and of course the mp3 players that -I- like best are the ones which are 30-150 grams in weight and which have space for a few 100 or a few 1000 songs inside. Totally wireless, totally radiation free, long battery life, small, cute. Eric :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
