You can do a minimum install with Slackware. We had an install fest at
our lug last night, and one of the guys said that a real minimum
Slackware install only requires about 40Meg of disk. If the RAM is low,
you can probably forget about any X.
Fred
Greg W wrote:
>
> For what its worth, if the hard disk size is very small, it may be worth
> using some of the "floppy only" OSs , there is a BSD version I like called
> Pico BSD , it has dial up, firewall, telnet and other nice things, all on a
> floppy ........ There is also Linux versions that do the same thing, but
> have not used them myself as yet.
>
> If you have a server there with a CD rom on UNIX or NT, put the CD in the
> drive, mount the CD, add an FTP link to it, and do a network FTP
> install......
>
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> On 3/12/99 at 15:43 Chris Weiss wrote:
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> >My friend and I have been blessed (cursed?) with several laptops with dead
> >CD-ROM drives. Any thoughts on how to get Linux installed on 'em? They're
> >ancient machines with no drivers or software to speak of, but would make
> >great sandboxes.
> >
>
> Regards
>
> Greg W
> IT Consultant Sydney Australia
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