From: "Giacomo Lacava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [man-lug] Minimal Linux Distrib
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 15:24:34 +0000
If you don't need X, you can go for a heavily stripped-down Debian,
Slackware or Gentoo... or if you feel like learning, there's always Linux
From Scratch <ducking to avoid LUGradio flames>.
cheers
Giacomo
On 06/12/06, Alban Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a Old SFF Pc It's a Digital Box Up until The
Novell / Microsooft deal to Fubar the GPL (see www.groklaw.net) it was
my (Home) NetWare 4.11 server
I have copied all the files off it so GOODBYE Novell ...
So now the Difficult Bit What distro do I Use
Use Debian..................
It recognizes old hardware well.
Michael Fothergill
It only needs to store mail and maybe ldap or ftp
So I don't need X...
The Hardware Spec Is AMD 586Dx4 100 66BogoMips WOW 32Mb EDO RAM Floppy
ISA BUS NO PCI 3c509B network card
Internal video mouse 2 ser par 20Gb Hdd (I found a newer disk)
External DVD It will Plug on The Ide CABLE for initial Install
Caveats the install has to boot from floppy
There is no pci bus I think the Board is Pre PNP
Why am I keeping it its only 8"x10"x2"
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