Hello,
I am going to re-install Slackware on my Zenith Z-NOTE,
425Ln laptop PC, as I believe I have ruined my install
beyond repair (at least my ability), and I am going in from
scratch.
I have booted the system from a floppy, and running
Slackware's rescue disk got the following system
information.
When I run 'fdisk' with the p option it tells me I have one
partition;
/dev/hda1 Primary Linux 115.95 (mb)
When I run 'free' I am told;
total used free shared buffers cached
mem 6576 6364 212 1616 4276 956
-/+ buffers: 1132 5444
swap 0 0 0
I did not install the original Linux on this laptop to begin
with, so this is a first attempt for me. I believe I chose
poorly in selecting the first .tgz package to install and it
affected to many of my basic files for me to reconstruct
(calendar.tgz). My plan is to re-install Linux from floppy
as I have no network, or CD-ROM available to me.
Now in selecting my distribution I opted for either "AP" or
"X". The whole point of this laptop is to learn Linux.
My questions are (in no particular ranking);
a) is this machine capable of supporting the "AP" or
"X" distributions?
b) as the laptop has an emulsion type screen are there
special considerations?
c) which distribution/version is best for the new
user to learn how Linux works? (I know PICO
and PINE)
d) what is the size of the memory and hard drive
of this laptop?
e) is this the correct approach to repair what
seems to be beyond my meager skill?
Basically, I know just enough commands to get myself into
trouble, but not enough to get out. Hopefully, by
installing the software myself I will get a better
understanding of what is going on.
If you want to respond off list to avoid conflict in opinion
that is fine.
Thank you in advance.
Tom
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