On Friday 12 October 2007 12:41, Aidan Gauland wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a very very very old PC--I'm serious, this thing only has > about 64 MB of RAM, and a 100 MHz Pentium CPU, and a BIOS that can > only boot from a hard drive or a floppy drive--which I have tried to > get Damn Small Linux running on, but it fails to boot the live CD, > and I think this is because it fails silently when setting up the RAM > disk which makes trouble later when it tries to read/write files in > the RAM disk. In short: I think it is built to run with more memory > than this computer has. Of course I already have a working Linux box > with more power than this antiquated pile of silicon, but I thought I > might have some fun, and maybe even show it off at the next software > freedom day. > > So, should I try an older version of DSL? Or am I using the wrong > distro for the job?
If you want to use an old distro I have them in my archives. E.g. debian 1.3.1, Red Hat 6 etc. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - business
