[olug] Small old laptop challenge

[Bill Brush]

Wow, what a torrent of replies.  This Deli Linux looks cool, but how
would I get it installed without a cd drive?

I've got a Linux Unleashed CD from 94 that has an old version of Slack
on it (yes I'm dating myself) that I'm sure I could get loaded, but
honestly Linux wasn't exactly ready for primetime back then.  Maybe I
can get a network card for it and do a network install.

Bill

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Jay Swackhamer <Jay at reboottheuser.com> wrote:
> http://www.delilinux.de/
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> For 486 or lower class machines, I've put Deli Linux on them to make
> them useable, even with 24MB of ram.
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> Quoting charles.bird at powerdnn.com:
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>> That's what I was thinking, one with 2.2 or early 2.4 kernel
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 10:56:04
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [olug] Small old laptop challenge
>>
>>
>> I would try slackware.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Brush wrote:
>>> Ok, so I had a relic of an earlier age come across my desk a few weeks
>>> ago, and I have this growing urge to try to do something with it to
>>> make it useful.  It's a Thinkpad 701cs with the unique butterfly
>>> keyboard.  Processor-wise it's a 486DX4-75, and it has 24MB of RAM.
>>>
>>> It has a PC-card slot, and I might be able to dig up an ethernet PC
>>> card, and it has a floppy drive.  No CD drive though.
>>>
>>> Anyone know of a distro that will run on this old beast?
>>>
>>> Bill
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