[thelist] linux hardware

Burns, Martin BURNSM at rbos.co.uk
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 09:34:20 -0000


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> From:	Isotope2k@aol.com [SMTP:Isotope2k@aol.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 23, 1999 9:01 PM
> To:	thelist@lists.evolt.org
> 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