Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-20 Thread Dominic Ringuet
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Leho Pärnapuu wrote: > It has: > 133MHz CPU > 32MB RAM > 2167MB Hard Disk Drive > > PCMCIA TRENDnet Wireless CardBus IEEE 802.11b/2.4GHz > TEW-226PC > I had some success 1 or 2 years ago on a: 100MHz CPU 16MB RAM 800MB Hard Disk Drive Xircom ethernet/modem cardbu

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-19 Thread Mike McCarty
Simon Geard wrote: > > What time period are you talking about for these comments? For it to be > a 133MHz machine, we're talking about a machine from 1997 or so - a good > thirteen years ago. I don't know the exact time periods. However, Compaq and Dell both did that, and I've got a 166 MHz Dell

Re: LFS for old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop

2010-05-19 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 00:12 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > 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 corrup

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: 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: 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

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