Re: [Sheflug] linux on an ageing laptop?

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

I downloaded the CD image of the full version of QNX (yes, I am mad. he he
he) Unfortunately, if you haven't got a cd burner (like me) you can't just
stick the files someplace, make a boot disk and look happy. You have to
either a) burn a CD, or b) run the Windoze only installer!! BeOS all over
again methinks.

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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Life would be so much easier if we 
could just look at the source code.
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Ian Wright wrote:

> Hi Ross,
> 
> If you fail miserably with Linux I'm fairly sure i still have a set of Win
> 3.11 floppies around somewhere.
> 
> Another thing you could maybe look at is QNX - I'm not sure if it would do
> what you want but there's a very impressive demo on the web www.qnx.com
> which packs a mini kernel, editor, web browser, web server, file manager,
> web pages etc., etc. all onto one floppy!
> 
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield  UK
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ross" <ross.h [at] ntlworld.com>
> To: "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
> Sent: 09 October 2000 19:39
> Subject: [Sheflug] linux on an ageing laptop?
> 
> 
> > 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 !
> 
> 
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