Dan, this might solve your laptop problems. Take a look at Wolf
below, also tiny Linux: http://tiny.seul.org/en/  -Dexter


>From http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2102&lang=en

Question:

I have a problem, and I've been asking for help for a while and 
nobody could come up with a solution. I have a very old 
notebook, 386 processor with 4 MB RAM and floppy is the only 
input, which linux would run with this limited hardware, and 
where to find it?

Answer: 

A handful of linux micro-distributions exist which run from a 
single floppy. Some are meant to be used as a rescue tool, 
others as firewalls, third as... Here is a short list, just for 
illustration: 

Pocket Linux: simple workstation with ssh client.
http://www.pocket-lnx.org/about.html
 
WOLF (Web On a Linux Floppy): Several simple client 
distributions; webbrowsing with lynx, email, ftp. 
http://www.woalf.uklinux.net/

LRP rooter... 
http://master-www.linuxrouter.org:8080/

Giotto. Modular mini distro. Various stuff... 
http://www.quietsche-entchen.de/giotto/

floppyfw. Firewall... 
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/

There is more, but this is enough for the illustration, I 
suppose... The problem is: Most (all?) of these 
mini-distributions require 8Mb RAM. Many require i486 too.

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