On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:07:30AM -0400, Kai wrote: > I have a very old Toshiba laptop and I am looking to put Debian or > some other form of linux on it. > Details: > CPU: Pentium I > HD: ~700MB > RAM: 16MB > 2 PC Card slots, but some newer cards (such as wireless cards) do not fit > Linksys EtherFast PC Card > A wireless router, however I can not seem to set up a Windows network on it > A Sony Vaio CD-RW drive PC Card > an external bootable floppy drive on a special floppy port > A working dock with parallel, serial, PS/2 and monitor ports > > I can boot and install from a large stack of floppys (20-25 disks), > but I want to install from a CD or network and choose certain > packages. I can access the CD during installation, and after install, > but I can't boot from it, even using a Smart Boot Manager floppy. I > want to install any base packages (preferably ash, not bash), and I > want to use Xfce or IceWM-lite as a GUI, because the computer is so > limited. > > Any help or questions are welcome, Do you have a system available that you can setup to serve a netboot? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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