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[Stephen Harker]

Chris Bell wrote:
> On Wed 03 Aug, Stephen Harker wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have an old IBM thinkpad 486 66MHz 24MB RAM and a 500 MB HD and it 
>>happily runs Debian Sarge with the 2.4 kernel. Links etc work fine. 
>>Detects PCMCIA ethernet cards no probs.
>>
>>I seem to recall it was a bit of a faff to install but I got there in 
>>the end. You need to install from boot floppies (ie woody or potato) and 
>>then dist-upgrade. Can take a LONG time but it gets there in the end.
>>
>>Stephen
>>
> 
>    I would try first with the new installer. The installation instructions
> are available on line and on the CD images, but also read the "errata" which
> should have details of what to do in case of problems. Boot from the
> "businesscard" installer CD ISO if you are able, this will give a choice of
> kernel. Floppies are an option for the first start, but the floppy boot and
> 100MByte network installer ISO only offer the standard 2.4 i386 kernel. You
> can also install using the first CD of the full Debian set of CD's.

Heh heh. CDRom? No CDRom on this laptop :(

Stephen
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