> Of course it's not a question of money or something. It's just that I > have a couple of > Dell servers (not too young: one is a Dell PowerEdge SC500 Celeron > 900 Mhz with 128 Mo RAM). > In my newbie mind, I was supposing that these old machines could > serve as Linux test machines > but due to their age, my idea was to put an old Linux on, avoiding > big ressources needs. > > The other part of the 'problem' is that I own a brand new NoteBook > (Samsung M40) that runs Windows XP: > of course I would like to get Linux running on it (dual boot) but > regarding my CD-Rom murders history, I'm > scared with that idea. Then this is really frustrating ;-) > > Regards. > > St�phane
The latest edition 2005LE should run fine on those machines. Linux develops so rapidly that it really is worth getting hold of the latest version, and do not worry, there have been no reports of hardware being damaged by it. That incident with the LG CD-ROMS was the first and the last case I have ever heard of. You can get 2005LE from a CD copying service such as http://linuxcd.org/ or you can download it from any Mandriva mirror such as this one ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/iso/10.2/i586 Download either the 3 CD set, or just download the "Mini" version. It does a basic install, and then completes the install by downloading over the network. Burn the downloaded files as "iso" images onto CD. The only things the boxed set gives you that the downloaded edition does not, are printed manuals, commercial drivers for some hardware such as Nvidia graphics cards, and some commercial software. But all those drivers and software can be found elsewhere quite easily. Have fun derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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