Re: Using Linux on old Dell Latitude XPi CD

2005-12-19 Thread J Merritt
--- J Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded 4 floppy images and wrote them. The > boot > process was going just fine until I came to the net > detect part. I tried to detect with DHCP, which > normally works without a hitch. This time, it said > the > autoconfig failed. I tried a manu

Re: Using Linux on old Dell Latitude XPi CD

2005-12-19 Thread J Merritt
--- Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can boot from floppies and do a net-install, no > CD at all. Of course you can also use the CD if you > want. > > Debian should run just fine in 2 gig, just select > packages carefully (don't use the Desktop task, do > the manual package select

Re: Using Linux on old Dell Latitude XPi CD

2005-12-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:29:25 -0800 (PST) J Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Using Linux on old Dell Latitude XPi CD

2005-12-19 Thread J Merritt
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