Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Leho Pärnapuu wrote: > Hello, > > I have one old Laptop: Compaq LTE 5300. Something to watch for with Compaq computers: They don't like to boot other than the pre installed OS. Some of them will complain that you have a corrupted MBR and enter some sort of recovery mode if they have other than th

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Danny Engelbarts
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

Re: Re: cannot set root passwd

2010-05-18 Thread Mac Zero
> Mac Zero wrote: > > > > root:/# passwd root > > Changing password for root > > Enter the new password (minimum of 5 characters) Please use a > > combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers. > > Bad password: too short. > > Warning: weak password (enter it again to use it anyway). >

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Leho Pärnapuu wrote: Hmm. Looks Finnish. I used to know a guy who lived in Finland, in Erkinankattuu, I think. [...] > I also have one COM and one LPT cable to connect two computers. This is also > one way of getting data from one to another computer. :) But it takes a long > long > time to copy

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Leho Pärnapuu
2010/5/18 Mike McCarty > Leho Pärnapuu wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have one old Laptop: Compaq LTE 5300. > > > > It has: > > 133MHz CPU > > 32MB RAM > > 2167MB Hard Disk Drive > > With only 32MB RAM, Linux is going to be cramped. > I'm pretty sure you won't be able to run an X Window > system on

Re: cannot set root passwd

2010-05-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Mac Zero wrote: > I've just completed an jhalfs (latest development version) script of > LFS-SVN20100506. No errors were reported so I moved on to setting the root > password, editing /etc files, etc. > > I entered to the chroot using the command in section 6.4, but when I try and > set the root

cannot set root passwd

2010-05-18 Thread Mac Zero
I've just completed an jhalfs (latest development version) script of LFS-SVN20100506. No errors were reported so I moved on to setting the root password, editing /etc files, etc. I entered to the chroot using the command in section 6.4, but when I try and set the root password I get this:

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Leho Pärnapuu wrote: > Hello, > > I have one old Laptop: Compaq LTE 5300. > > It has: > 133MHz CPU > 32MB RAM > 2167MB Hard Disk Drive With only 32MB RAM, Linux is going to be cramped. I'm pretty sure you won't be able to run an X Window system on there. If CLI is all you want, that may be ok. I

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Andrew Benton
On 18/05/10 12:03, 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 > > It does not have boot option from CD, but does have from 1.44MB Floppy d

Re: grub-install

2010-05-18 Thread Yan Mo
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Yan Mo wrote: > > Hi, got past the previous issue by using a newer machine. > > > > Now have got upto section 8.4.2 in the LFS-BOOK-6.6 > > > > After entering: > > > > grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda > > > > It gives the message

Re: gzip help

2010-05-18 Thread Mag Gam
Hi Andy, I just compiled python and doing a benchmark with gcc and icc. The icc is about 10% faster. I work in a physics lab and we try to get most performance out of boxes. We have a farm of 2000 servers and my program runs over 20k a day. If I can get 10% gain, I will take it! That will save ma

LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-18 Thread Leho Pärnapuu
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 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 o

Re: gzip help

2010-05-18 Thread Andrew Benton
On 16/05/10 19:29, Mag Gam wrote: > I am trying to compile gzip using icc. I tried following these > instructions, > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/intel-c-compiler.txt > Just out of curiosity, why did you choose to use the (closed source) intel compiler? People used to say