get trinux or one of the other mini distro's,, they run from a floppy... also, just because cdrom doesn't appear as an option does not mean that you can't add one, you just need a driver for it... (to boot from a dos disk.)
but a mini distro is the best thing you can do... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Sunday, 30 September 2001 10:47 PM To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake Subject: [newbie] Old Hardware-Dell 433D I acquired an old Dell 433D/Le with a 33mhz processor and about 8mb of ram and a 3com isa NIC card. It was part of a networked system and has no cdrorm showing in the bios, so assume I can't add one. Any ideas what I could do with this machine. It works as far as boot, but has no OS on it and it is low on ram, uses the old simms I believe. Can I use it for a server of some sort or a firewall? Hate to throw it out. TIA for any suggestions. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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