[Wolves] old-ish laptop, no removeable devices

[Stuart Beeson]

HI Thanks for the reply

well last night i got home - fired the laptop up and decided to go with
puppy linux and i must say its runs fantastic - the only problem i had was
the sound but managed to sort that in the end

cheers

Stuart


On 11/28/06, Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 28 November 2006 15:31, Stuart Beeson wrote:
> > thanks for the reply - well it hasnt got a ethernet built into it - but
> i
> > can download from the internet (using WIFI) so maybe i would be looking
> at
> > downloading a Linux Image - the machine isnt at all fast - its only got
> > 96MB Ram and Pentium 2 - 333
>
> This is plenty fast enough for all but about 60 of the 18,000 apps
> that ship with Debian GNU/Linux :-)
> In fact OOo will still run with this (on top of PWM or similar), it just
> won't be too snappy :-/
>
> > - i just want rid of windows and want somthing
> > more snazzy - becuase of the old BIOS on the Laptop it wont boot from
> > network and it also wont boot from USB (tried)
>
> How about you tell us which laptop it is, then there may be
> someone on the list who has already installed GNU on one
> and can pass on your experience (my eldest daughter has
> a P333 96MB machine - an IBM TP570). Or, failing that, help
> you find appropriate advice :)
>
> > - isnt there a way i can do
> > it by downloading an Image and doing it through DOS?
>
> Yes - as a last resort. Let's try other ways first.
>
> - Richard
>
> --
> Richard Smedley,                                    richard at sc.lug.org.uk
> Sustainable IT Consultant
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