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 Dec 18 2005, 09:13 PM
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 Forum Regular  Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Willow, AK Member No.: 7,997  |
 ) and i cant get a new one anytime soon, and i need an OS to run for a little while. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3500, 300 mhz PII, and 96mb of Ram. Any help will be appreciated. Nick --------------------  PM me if you have a 3 wheeler you would like to sell!!! (any condition) Current Ride: 1986 ATC250R -- 85 motor (worked), Ohlins resivour, +4 Durable axle and carrier, 400ex hubs, Douglas rims, lowering link, steering stabilizer, peg extensions, Oury grips, Sand Skate II paddles on DID rims, twist throttle, FMF Fatty Gold Series, Answer Racing silencer, jetted Keihin flatslide carb, Sunstar chain and sprockets, K&N filter with opened airbox, burns 100LL AVgas/20:1 mix. Soon to have 89 Clutch kit and possibly a Magura Hydraulic clutch lever, and possibly a +2 Swinger. |
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Dec 19 2005, 12:06 AM
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 Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
There are severalI Use Puppy Linux, and even give it away.
The trouble for you is it takes 256mb RAM to work in memory, and a CD/DVD writer to save you work. THe puppy is a 60 mb download. --------------------  "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award" |
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Dec 19 2005, 05:05 AM
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Ive ran knoppix on mine before,using Suse 9.3 atm.
What are the minimum system requirements? * Intel-compatible CPU (i486 or later), * 32 MB of RAM for text mode, at least 96 MB for graphics mode with KDE (at least 128 MB of RAM is recommended to use the various office products), * bootable CD-ROM drive, or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI), * standard SVGA-compatible graphics card, * serial or PS/2 standard mouse or IMPS/2-compatible USB-mouse. http://www.knoppix.net/ http://www.knopper.net/ |
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Dec 19 2005, 07:09 AM
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Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
You can run the Puppy with the same min. specs but you need a hard drive. Have you looked at http://www.pricewatch.com/ for a hard drive?
EDIT: Found link... http://www.serverpartswarehouse.com/ic35l020aver07-0.html This post has been edited by acklan: Dec 19 2005, 08:08 AM -------------------- "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award" |
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Dec 19 2005, 09:23 AM
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 Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,978 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
Damn Small Linux
QUOTE Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ -------------------- |
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Dec 20 2005, 02:13 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Willow, AK Member No.: 7,997 |
Thank you all for your help, i managed to get a 6gb drive (dont laugh
 ) for $20 and put win2000 on it and everything works fine for the moment at least.
-------------------- PM me if you have a 3 wheeler you would like to sell!!! (any condition) Current Ride: 1986 ATC250R -- 85 motor (worked), Ohlins resivour, +4 Durable axle and carrier, 400ex hubs, Douglas rims, lowering link, steering stabilizer, peg extensions, Oury grips, Sand Skate II paddles on DID rims, twist throttle, FMF Fatty Gold Series, Answer Racing silencer, jetted Keihin flatslide carb, Sunstar chain and sprockets, K&N filter with opened airbox, burns 100LL AVgas/20:1 mix. Soon to have 89 Clutch kit and possibly a Magura Hydraulic clutch lever, and possibly a +2 Swinger. |
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Dec 20 2005, 10:23 AM
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Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
I moved all my kids computers from ME to XP. For me W2k is XP Lite. I think you made a good chooice. You should play with the live cd verisons of linux though. They are alot of fun. Try all three of the ones listed here. DSL, Puppy, and Knoppix.
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Dec 24 2005, 07:08 PM
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I'm suprised no one has yet to mention PHLAK. ~ chuckles ~
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Dec 29 2005, 11:57 PM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,978 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
Those who know use PHLAK
Those who don't...we don't recommend it for regular users. -------------------- |
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Jan 1 2006, 01:39 PM
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 New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 8-December 05 Member No.: 43,654 |
Thanks for the info on PHLAK. Downloading now to try it out. I'm an oldtime Slackware user but I love distro's that can be run off CD or USB sticks.
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Jan 8 2006, 09:25 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 8-January 06 Member No.: 49,655 |
Uh, I have a ThinkPad, running Mepis (SimplyMepis, to be exact)
It runds as a live CD, or can be installed. I chose to install, and it had no trouble whatsoever automatically detecting, configuring and letting me use every device on it. Including the 56K modem. Funny thing is, I didn't see anyone mention it anywhere. And it just works. Without any help. Either way. USB? it likes those little sticks. Wireless? Plug one in. Webcam? Got one of those too. (Veo Stingray) Try a bite of THAT pie! |
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