[Gllug] new member....

[Ian Norton]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:11:12PM +0100, Tom Hannen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently got hold of an extremely old laptop, with a view to
> learning about Linux. (only used OS X and windows before).
> 
> I was wondering if I could lug it along to the next meeting?  Been
> having some trouble getting the PCMCIA ethernet NIC to work...
> 
> Tried a couple of mini-distros designed for older machines - Delilinux
> and Blueflops...  Both look promising, but are having trouble
> detecting the NIC, which is a shame as I really need it in order to
> install stuff (no CDROM drive in the laptop).  I realise it is
> ancient, but was just hoping to run Links on it for web browsing...
> 
> The details:
> 
> Compaq Contura 410C 486DX2 50MHz
> 20MB RAM 
> 400MB HDD
> 1.44MB FDD
> Two Type II PCMCIA slots currently hosting a:
> Sitecom Fast Ethernet PCMCIA 10/100MBps NIC

Hi Tom,

You might want to try one of the older debian installations on that
machine, maybe potato, 

Ian

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