Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:48:19 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM (and
the 96MB
Matthew Hanson wrote:
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:31:58 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] Re: "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM
(and the 96MB
thing!)
From: "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
... boot from one floppy (with BIOS
support), then switch to network install. Obviously, this requires a
network card and ideally a second machine that can be used as server
(though an internet connection might do).
How did you go about enabling the network card from a boot floppy? A
few years back David Chien wrote out the procedure for getting DOS
drivers for an HP M820E CD/CD-R-ROM drive enabled from a floppy. I'm
guessing the process to enable a network card is similar.
There's another option to install Linux on a Libretto: using
loadlin <options>
to start an installation from a DOS prompt. The images needed can be
found on most linux iso images. That said ... finding the proper kernel
options is a different thing, however...
I would not recommend even thinking
about any of the "big" desktop environments a la KDE or Gnome.
Back when Neil Barnes was on the list, he recommend the IceWM shell for
a copy of Mandrake 7.1 he helped me set up on my L50. None of the
windows managers I tried at that point could match the performance of
IceWM.
True.
The last Linux I had on my Lib was Mandrake 9.2 w. IceWM & dfm (for the
desktop icons).
Other usable light-weight distros I've tried on my L110: Damn Small
Linux, VectorLinux.
FreeBSD is also a good candidate (though not a Linux version).
P.
