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 Feb 28 2006, 07:21 PM
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 Bleeping Diesel Addicted  Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954  |
Now for the questions: What is a really easy to learn Linux for someone who has never used a computer before? (I'm an FC guy but I think that might be too hard for him and I cant find an .ISO file for FC2) Where can I find a distro that will work with a P1 and 64 Mb RAM? and finally WHY ME? --------------------  "I'm so much cooler online" - Brad Paisley |
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Feb 28 2006, 07:27 PM
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My dads a comp sci teacher and he uses Red Hat fedora core. its easy to teach to begginners.
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Feb 28 2006, 07:34 PM
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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 |
Puppy Linux you will be up and running in 10 to 15 minutes with a Hard drive install. If you had 256mb of RAM you could be online in 5 to 8 minutes. 50mb download.
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Feb 28 2006, 10:30 PM
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Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
well heres my next problem
In order to install it onto this new (still to be purchased) HDD I will have to install the HDD into my current rig (Athlon64) and install it. This is due to the fact that the P1 will not boot from CD or USB (if it had ports) and I do not have another 3.5 floppy drive so creating a boot disc is out of the question. Will this mess w/ a full install of puppy? -------------------- "I'm so much cooler online" - Brad Paisley |
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Mar 1 2006, 12:24 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 |
Older computers had a feature in the BIOS call PXE. It allow you to boot from a network. You could configure it to boot to your XP box then install over the LAN.
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Mar 1 2006, 06:54 PM
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Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
no lan card or modem in this computer (He doesnt want the Internet). Also I checked out puppy last night after my post it looks to be a pain to install on HDD.
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Mar 2 2006, 12:13 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 have install many flavors of linux and this is one of the most headache free, but you should follow your instincts. I am out of ideas unless you can install a bootable floppy. Sorry.
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Mar 6 2006, 08:08 PM
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Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
Ok so heres what I did (oh its a good one too).
1)I installed FC2 on the HDD no Issues. 2)Installed HDD into the Pentium one Compac I was selling him only to a message that I needed some kind of disk to use a Unix type OS. 3)Imediatly there after I stripped it of all parts and chucked to mobo and case into the dumpster. 4)Installed HDD into my P3 aka "hackjob" computer and booted FC2 5)No Issues so far 6)Ran Kudzu and adjusted all the Hardware Profiles for the new setup 7)Delivered Computer on Saturday Now the bad part is I have to go over to his house and install/assemble the computer when he is ready. -------------------- "I'm so much cooler online" - Brad Paisley |
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