Hi rob;
You are correct it is the adventure of it... But more than that I want to
see if linux is as compatible as it claims to be, This is not the only
machine I have, I am not stingy on buying PC's, But I an curious on how
well or how far I can push linux... As I understand it linux and unix
should be able to run on any system... (well I don't know about mac...) and
the system I have discribed should meet the minimal (if not bare)
requirement to run linux, on a floppy or on a limited space situation.
>From: rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [SLU] 386 pc (no CD Rom)
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:32:33 -0500
>
>ed, I am not a harware purist, so...I don't know why you would even attempt
>to install storm on the machine you describe (unless it's only for the
>adventure of it, than I slightly understand). there's good reason the
>documentation you have read only refers to 'newer' systems. main one being
>hardware compatibility.
>
>so, here's my suggestions to solve your problem:
>
>step 1: place a classified ad in your local "recycled pc" rag.
>step 2: figure out how much you would pay for such a machine, add 20% then
>advertise this price.
>step 3: hope that some non-profit or educational organization bite on your
>offer, both never seem to want to pay for new equipment.
>step 4: use this money towards purchasing a replacement machine...there are
>lots
>of good, low cost machines out there that are more suited for an OS like
>storm.
>
>I have a storm machine with the following specs:
>
>100 mhz 386 no name pc
>1gig hard drive(scsi, of course)
>32 megs of ram
>CD(scsi)
>3.5' floppy
>cheesy trident video card / vga monitor
>3Com Etherlink III nic
>
>You can see it's slightly different than yours but not by much.
>
>Of course, your other option is to salvage any useful hardware from your
>current machine and build a new one(looks like you need a harddrive, cpu,
>and cdrom (ditch the 5.25'!!!)...call your local PC shop and don't be
>afraid to haggle on the price! I'd sell you my machine, but it's in
>use...pretty heavily to0 and runs "like butta"!
>
>thanx,
>
>rob
>
> >Hello:
> >
> > I am still very new to linux, but i love it.... My question is...
>can
> >any one help me install Storm Linux on an old 386 pc, with 202 MB or
>hard
> >drive space? I heard some of you have older systems that you run linux
>on
> >but I have not yet figured out a way to do so, or can anyone give me a
>good
> >link that I can refer to... I have read some books but they all refer to
> >newer systems, Please help me out..
> >
> >SPECS:
> >25 MHZ 386 PC (no brand)(NO MATH PROCCESSOR)
> >202.5 MB HARD DRIVE SPACE
> >8 MB OR RAM
> >FLOPPY 3.5'
> >FLOPPY 5.5'
>
>
>
>
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