[thelist] linux hardware
Burns, Martin
BURNSM at rbos.co.uk
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 09:34:20 -0000
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> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 9:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [thelist] linux hardware
>
> Heya,
>
> > So I have an old Dell P100 that's got Win95 on it, and I'm going
> > to install Linux, but I need some advice. It's got 32mb RAM, 500mb HD,
> no
> > CD, no NIC, and no modem.
> >
> Well, unless you have RH on floppies (hehe) you are going to need
> to get a cdrom or a nic. I would recommend the cdrom since it's really
> simple and straightfoward. There should be instructions on how to install
> on a machine that can't boot to the CDROM, which is probably the
> case on your machine. Any good ol IDE/atapi device should do.
>
[Burns, Martin] What you could do is borrow the CD from your
main machine for the install.
Cheers
Martin