Thank you all I will give puppy a shot. mav CCNA, CCA
--- On Mon, 1/14/08, Mark Schoonover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mark Schoonover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Can Someone recomend a linux version > To: "Main Discussion List for KPLUG" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 14, 2008, 10:00 PM > On Jan 14, 2008 9:33 PM, James G. Sack (jim) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > maverick wrote: > > > Hi guys I would like to install Linux on 1GB of > space this system > > already dual boots can someone recommend one that > works well. I'm use to > > rpm base linuxes but I'm willing to try something > new. > > > > > > > I think this is the environment where puppy linux > shines (wags?). > > http://www.puppylinux.org/ > > http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxMainPage > > > > There are probably others. > > Damn Small Linux comes to mind, but I think that one > is so pared-down > > that it may be considered a repair/diagnostic tool > rather than a > > distribution. Other opinions invited here. > > > > And someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Puppy is > busybox based, > > resulting in some programs having different or missing > command-line > > options. This may only be a concern for *nix veterans > -- but still, it > > might be useful to be aware of it. > > > > Regards, > > ..jim > > > > > I've just finished working with both distros. My take > is, Puppy is fine for > fairly new, but underpowered PCs. I tried to install it on > an ancient > Toshiba Libretto L3 on a CF card. This laptap has 256MB > RAM, S3 video. My > main problem was I couldn't get my older PCMCIA Orinoco > wireless card > configured. I did manage to get wireless working with a > Linksys USB, but > that would cause the system to freeze, requiring a hard > reset to get going > again. It can install to CF card in a USB adapter, then I > could put the CF > card into an CF-IDE adapter and the laptop would boot. > > I've sinced move to Damn Small Linux because of the > older kernel - > 2.4.xinstead of > 2.6.x. Not only does my Orinoco card work right from the > start, the system > no longer freezes up and it's much faster. Sure, I have > to run WEP instead > of WPA2, but I don't really care. In order to install > DSL on the CF card, I > had to get another CF-IDE adapter that would support 40 > pins. I installed > DSL as I would to a regular hard drive. > > Now, this little laptop has a CF card in place of the > regular HD. I'm > getting run times around 7 hours w/o WIFI. I'll see how > it goes with WIFI, > but it's been running for over 3 and still going > strong. > > So, in a nutshell, if you need to run slightly more vintage > equipment, DSL > might run better than Puppy. Puppy is easier to install if > you don't have a > bootable CDROM or floppy - like I do with the Libretto... > > HTH > > -- > Mark Schoonover, CMDBA > http://www.linkedin.com/in/markschoonover > http://marksitblog.blogspot.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
