On Tuesday 18 May 2010 13:03:06 Leho Pärnapuu wrote: > Hello, > > I have one old Laptop: Compaq LTE 5300. > > It has: > 133MHz CPU > 32MB RAM > 2167MB Hard Disk Drive > > PCMCIA TRENDnet Wireless CardBus IEEE 802.11b/2.4GHz > TEW-226PC
Does that work in win98? Are there linux drivers available for it? I've had lots of troubles getting a wireless card for a more recent laptop a few years ago (both hard- and soft-ware were problematic). Encryption could be problematic too, older cards often support WEP only. > > It does not have boot option from CD, but does have from 1.44MB Floppy > drive. > > CD drive and Floppy drive are changeable - either one of them works at a > time. > > I have Win98 on there at the moment. > It probably doesn't support PXE booting either? I would look for a floppy based bootloader with PXE booting options. You would have to set up a PXE/TFTP host environment as well. Depending on your linux knowledge setting up a PXE/TFTP and (optionally) NFS root will take some time. Once it works you should save time in testing what does or doesn't work on the laptop. > Is it possible to compile the LFS on Desktop PC with: > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ CPU > And then copy the LFS to this old Laptop? Yes, do observe the architecture settings closely though. > > Copy and install with tomsrtbt over the LAN. > When NFS booting works a copy to HD over the network shouldn't be too hard, create partions and cpio ... > Is it doable? Do I need to built it as CLFS or can I built as a regular > LFS? You would be crosscompiling so i'd say CLFS. A uClibc (embedded) would probably perform better? > > Leho, -- In theorie is er geen verschil tussen theorie en praktijk. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
