On 05-Apr-2002 Mirek Dobsicek wrote: > Hi all, > > I have few question. Most of time I'm at college and twice a months > I go home for a weekend. I dont have computer at home, and sometimes > I need to continue at my work (coding and writing articles in VIM). > > I'd like to buy some old notebook and install Debian on in. > Right now I can buy i486 at 66Mhz, 8MB RAM, 500MB HDD > for $10 US dolars. > > Is it good idea to try install Debian on it? Is it possible with 8MB of RAM? > > I need it just for VIM writting, man pages displaying, and Lynx offline > browsing. > > What could be the way to install Debian? I'm thinking that easist way > is to connect notebook with my computer with parallel cable and > install from internet. > > > Or should I forget it and save $10? >
You will find the machine extremely slow, compiling anything will take forever. Kernel compiles in about a day on one of those. Sure you won't be doing it, but I just wanted to show you the whole situation. If you can spend enough to get a low end pentium you would be a lot happier. As for the install, you will likely have to do the floppy shuffle to get sufficiently far into the install to then use some form of network. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
