Re: [Sheflug] linux on an ageing laptop?

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Why say no? Its a challenge ;-)

There are a few 'Linux on a floppy' distros, some even include X! My
personal fave is TomsRTBT, but I don't think it includes minicom. Try
mulinux (written with greek character mu, something like a 'u'. You know
what I mean, anyway). You can have X or not, and a development kit. It's
pretty comprehensive as tiny distros go.

I have a CD full of them somewhere, I'll try and dig it out. Shouldn't be
much of a download, though.

Here are a few URLs:

MuLinux: http://sunsite.auc.dk/mulinux/
TomsRTBT: http://www.toms.net/rb/
Pocket Linux: http://pocket-linux.coven.vmh.net/

Out of these, I have seen mulinux running perfectly well on a laptop (IBM,
I think) with X and everything, so that should see you. Installed on a
HDD too, none of this RAMdisk stuff.

I have attempted a Linux install on my laptop (386 sx 20, 2Mb RAM) to no
avail. I even went back to a distro based on kernel 1.0.13 (or something
like that) and that wouldn't go! Hope you have more luck!

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Ross wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i've been challenged to utilize an old laptop as a remote access terminal for a building management system at work! trouble is.... it's got a (not surprizingly) broken installation of windows 3.11 on it. the 3.11 disks are not available, so i need a compact OS - enter LINUX !
> 
> i don't have much in the way of hardware details yet, i should see it the flesh later this week.... i do know it's got space for a pcmcia card and a flat battery!
> 
> my budget for this job runs to a modem and battery!
> 
> i need to run something like 'minicom' to emulate a vt100 terminal over a modem line.
> 
> i've read a little about 'linux on a floppy' and 'freesco' but don't know too much about it all......
> 
> can anyone recommend a compact distro's that will run on very old laptops?
> 
> can i (relatively) easily assemble a basic linux distro for myself? (security and a high level of functionality is not required)
> 
> (i know..... i really need to learn to say no !! :-)
> 
> --
> Thanks,
>         Ross
>                ross.h [at] ntlworld.com
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