I just set up my first Linux system on a 386 laptop with 4 meg ram and
only a 60 meg h/d, installing from floppies, and using Slackware 3.1. I
am a newbie at linux, but I still found the install very straight
forward, and fairly easy. I installed the basic file system, with
network support, so that I have access to email, etc. this sounds like
the perfect solution for you as well.
One word though, I suggest using the text.gz image rather than the
color.gz image for your root disk, as I found the color.gz to be
somewhat flaky, unless it has been improved in more recent versions.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Langa Kentane wrote:
>
> I want to install the most basis Linux system. I am newbie to Linux and I
> figure if I can install such a basic system and install all the other stuff
> that I already have on my new system without that RPM stuff and similar that
> makes Linux easy and windoze 95ish.
>
> I want to bring my system up from nothing and work it up so what I actually
> want to know is how do I install the system from stiffies and what distro
> will be the best (not redhat please... I think it sucks.., too commercial...
> they gonna turn Linux into windoze).
>
> Can you also lead me to the howto of installling the system from stiffies
> too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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