From: Guest, Ken (kengu at domain credo.ie)
Date: Wed 05 Jul 2000 - 10:49:58 IST
Well from what I understand, X will run dog slow on a 486 with such a small
amount of memory.
It may be functional, yet unbelievably slow. (I tried it on a 486 66Mhz with
about 16 Mb, using SuSE 5.2 - more torturous than sensory deprivation).
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#Subject: [ILUG] Linux on a 486 laptop without CD- drive ?
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#I have an old WfW 486 laptop at home but without a Cd drive. I also
#do not have a PCMCIA ethernet card or even a network to connect
#it to. I would like to be able to install linux on it. Could someone
#please help me with the following questions:
#
#- can I use a "windows" DCC parallel cable to create a 2 machine
#IP network and thus mount a from a desktop linux machine ?. If it
#is possible how do I do it ?.
#
#- Are the current distributions the best ones to use on what is a
#slow machine, with a small HD (not sure of size here and now) and
#only 8/16 M RAM ?. Any recommendations as to which distribution
#and version would suit best ?.
#
#- I really only want to use the machine as an Internet box (email
#and web). Thus I need X and netscape and of course a modem. Is
#there any issues I have missed ?
#
#
#Regards,
#
#Niall
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