Re: Linux on an old machine

[Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:20:23 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> wrote:
> Ok, I want to put a linux distro on an old handheld pc. Here are it
> specs. Most distros, however, don't seem to like the lack of RAM.
> 
> TOSHIBA LIBRETTO 50CT
> PROCESSOR Intel Pentium 75 Mhz
> 16Mbit EDO DRAM
> 
> I wanted to put Knoppix on it, but Knoppix won't like the low ram at
> all. I would put Debian on it, if I thought I wouldn't have problems
> with devices. Any ideas about how to do this?
> 

Google is your friend: http://memebeam.org/toys/ToshibaLibretto and
http://ecg.mit.edu/george/libretto.html are on the first page of
results, another idea could be to try with DSL
(http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)...


Andrea