-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Cameron Your hardware seems to P1 200 Mhz. 2-3 Gigs of disk 96M ram sounds ok For most of the distros. you could install mdk9.0, or maybe 9.1 if it is out of beta by then :-) , but that may be a bit too heavy for the P1. Or maybe a redhat 8.0, would be nice. i could also get a 7.1 or 7.2 but not sure yet :-) slackware is a very old distro, it is a one person kind of distro, distinct from debian. It uses .tgz packages etc. You would like it if you like to do things the simple way, but it does not have a lot of them automatic update things and the dependency checking is also left for your own skills :-) The disks are ok for any distro you may choose, specially if Linux is going to be the only os on them. Make sure you have a nic in them, so they could be setup and configured. also bring your network's details with you. I wouls asume you have no modems installed, so will not check for possible winmodems.
Cheers Szemir On Wednesday 15 January 2003 21:18, you wrote: > I am sure planning on being at the Installfest. I will have to make sure I > book off time. I just picked up my Linux Format mag with the cover mounted > Mandrake 9.0. I have been talking to my fiance and am still seeing if she > wants to come. I think she is afraid of too many geeks in one room > (LOL!!!) > > I am not sure which distro I will try out, but I am thinking of trying > slackware 8.1. I have heard some good things about it and I have the disk > from another Linux format mag. I was thinking of Storm Linux (2000) by > Stormix, but Stormix has been out of business and no documentation and > support might make that a bit to challenging at this point. But if anyone > has some info on it they could share...let me know. If I am correct, > Slackware is a debian build isn't it? Anything I should know about Deb > builds? I know the programs and stuff are different (deb's vs. rpm's), but > that is about all I know at this point. I will do some research when I get > a chance. > > If my fiance and I both come we will both have 200mHz machine with at least > 96 MB of RAM. I may have some extra sticks so I can likely upgrade that. > Her HDD is about 3-3.5 GB and the drive I will be using is 2.5. I plan to > implement them on my LAN using my Legacy Windows 2000 machine as the main > system (20 GB HDD, 256 RAM, etc.) Eventually want to build a big server > which big HDD. Any ideas or suggestions for these 2 boxes to pre=prepare > them for the install fest? > > I will make the offer again as well. I have quite a few Linux program disk > (cover mounts) so if anyone needs anything, let me know and I can see if I > have it. > > Cameron -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+Jm7csv2SdkgY6dURAkAxAJ0e6qTOVfwmCvQUcKVLgYmOi28qnACgibTR /tdavCeNM5p4NE9lB0mc6GQ= =uesE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
