[olug] Small old laptop challenge

[Sam Tetherow]

There was no support for external CD boot on the 701c.  It also had no 
internal networking.   So I don't think there was a way to do PXE boot.

    Sam Tetherow

T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> Does Deli support a network install?
>
> What about an external CD drive?
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> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> 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/
>>>
>>> For 486 or lower class machines, I've put Deli Linux on them to make
>>> them useable, even with 24MB of ram.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jay Swackhamer
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>>>
>>> Quoting charles.bird at powerdnn.com:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> 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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