On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Well Chris ( MAy I call you that?)
Of course. :)
> I want to be able to use this linux machine as a terminal... I
> constantly have to dial into customers that have a unix system(can't
> disclose anymore than that)in windoze I use procomm plus as my emulator,
> Basically i want to be able to do what I do with procomm with the ability to
> do scripts. I don't have to have a very powerful pc to do that. Plus I
It sounds like you don't really even need Linux for that.
Although Linux would make an excellent terminal.
It also sounds like you don't need X-Windows. This is good as
it would run very slowly on a 386.
> need the practice what better way than this. If I could ask you to help me
> out, you mentioned you had a similar setup, I unfortunately do not have a
> cdrom, Do I need one? I know it would help... but I want to see if I could
> get it to work with floopies. I know it a lot of work... Thank you in
> advance,
Without a CD-ROM, I believe that Storm Linux isn't your best
option. It isn't really designed to be installed on machines
like that. Of course, you could go out and pick up the cheapest
CD-ROM drive you can find and install it in your machine... in
fact, this is without a doubt going to be your easiest option.
However, if you don't want to do that, you could instead
download an install disk set from http://www.debian.org/ The
disk set for Debian 2.1 is about 8 3.5" disks. For Debian 2.2,
it is a bit more.
You can then install from disk. It works quite well, though I
must say that Debian 2.2 is easier to install. Then if you have
a network connection to the Internet or a modem, you can install
the rest from an ftp site.
As you have a 386 with very little memory, you'll also want to
recompile your kernel after installing everything else. On a
386, it'll take perhaps four hours to do this (on my dual
celeron machine, it takes only about four minutes :). This will
help your machine run well with low memory.
Email me off-list if you have any specific, non-Storm questions.
Remember, though, that you are better off picking up a cheap
CD-ROM drive and installing from CD. A cheap drive can sell for
less than $40 U.S. and will save you hours of time.
--
Christopher Thompson http://hypocrite.org/
"I wish I were a glow worm/A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy/When the sun shines out your bum?"
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