And to further your pursuit, check out www.98lite.net . They offer a utility
that trims win98 to realistic, even Linux proportions.
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Wanted - networking tips (plan A)
> Just a quick note for you. A bare Windows 95 machine, with Office 97 but
> without all the sounds, assistants, etc, can fit in a 200Meg drive with
room
> left over. I should know, I have a dodgy laptop with a 200 meg hard drive,
> and they fit!! That leaves 400Meg for your documents. Win98 will add
another
> 50Meg for the same config, 98SE will add another 100Meg. (Good old
Microsoft
> eh?!!)
>
> If you do run out of space, you would do better having the documents on
the
> other machine, rather than having Office on the other machine.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aaron deRozario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:56 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Wanted - networking tips (plan A)
>
>
> > Greetings all
> >
> > Over the last couple of days I have been reading plenty of HOW-TO's, and
a
> > few mini-HOWTO's on networking with Linux. In fact I've encountered
more
> > weird acronyms and strange buxx words in the last 2 days than in the
rest
> of
> > my life put together. However I am learning a bucketload and realising
> that
> > there is A LOT of good docs in the how-to's!
> >
> > Don't think is going to stop me from posting lots of trivial and basic
> > questions though!
> >
> > At the moment I am considering logistical problems - hardware setups and
> the
> > like (messing up software is free - messing up hardware costs $$$).
> >
> > Here is one of the many plans I am considering (Plan A)
> >
> > I currently have a box with a 1gig hda with Windows and a 6.4gig hdb
with
> > Linux.
> >
> > I am thinking of ripping out the 1 gig drive and putting into a 486
> > (actually an AMD-133 in a 486 board). I would like to split this drive
> > giving about 600meg to Windows, and the rest to Linux. The 6.4 will
stay
> > with its current machine and become the server.
> >
> > In Linux mode I want to use this machine basically to learn about
> Unix/Linux
> > networking (NFS, telnet, remote X-terminals) etc.
> > In Windows mode I want to learn about Samba, and use Windows when I have
> to.
> >
> > I was thinking of connecting the two machines using 10Mbit cards and a
hub
> > (a third machine will be added later if these two work out okay).
> >
> > Here is the logistical concern I need answered. Both the gf and I do
> > occasionally have to bring work home. Normally this is in the form of
MS
> > Word documents, sometimes 40 pages or more. Now I know there are MS
Word
> > filters on some Linux wordprocessors however when you are dealing with
> very
> > long documents, that include charts etc, small discrepencies when
> > importing/exporting the file leads to some serious headaches. I will
need
> > to continue to have MS Office 97 (sorry). If I go ahead and do
something
> > that makes it impossible to run Office the gf WILL HAVE MY BOLLOCKS.
She
> > will live if it runs slowly - she will kill me if it doesn't run at all.
> >
> > Here is the question then (finally) 600meg is not going to hold Win95
plus
> > Office. So I want to install Office onto a network drive on the Linux
> > server. Will a 10Mbit network be quick enough for the Windows machine
to
> > run Office from the networked drive?
> >
> > Yes I know Office is slow anyway, even slower on a 486, but will a
10Mbit
> > allow Office to actually work?
> >
> > Thanking you in advance
> >
> > Aaron
>
>
