Hoary on a smallish laptop

[Brian Walker]

Greetings

On 9/15/05, Arnold Maestre <arnold.maestre at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I got my hands on an old laptop (a Fujitsu LifeBook C332, if that matters) 
> that I'd like to use as a terminal for my daughters to play with. So I 
> whipped out my trusty Hoary Install CD (TM), and gave it a shot: the laptop 
> has 32 MB of Ram, 3-something GB of RAM and a Celeron (?) 266, so it seems 
> to meet the bare minimum.
> 
> The installation process starts, I choose a minimal install (server), in 
> order to install just the base packages and then work some X magic through 
> LTSP or something like that (I think I read something about ubuntu scripts 
> for LTSP setups). The installer warns me that I'm short on memory (Ok, I 
> knew that) and proceeds in english (well, so be it). I choose my keyboard 
> layout, detect and mount the cd-rom, load the preseed file, and then proceed 
> with installer components. But when retrieving 
> nic-extra-modules-2.6.10-5-386-di, the debian installer exits and brings 
> me back to the main menu (in expert mode) or just loops forever (in normal 
> mode). From there, I'm pretty much busted.
> 
> Is there a magic solution that would help me continue further ? May I 
> select a smaller subset in order to bypass this pit trap ? Or shall I give 
> up Ubuntu entirely and try something else (in which case, what should I try) 
> ?
> 

I installed Hoary on my wife's laptop - NEC with 64MB RAM and 6GB hard disk. 
Installation was as expected from CD. The speed is abysmal - it takes ages 
for even a simple X terminal to appear. Everything functions, but it is a 
pain to use. I tried cutting down on all unneccessary software, no games, no 
frills, but it is still slooooow. 

I suspect the only solution is to get her a new laptop - and I think that 
may be your answer too. OTOH, you might try the Damn Small Linux
1.5card-sized distro, and see if that is any good for you? Very small
footprint, minimal use of resources, and a cool way to impress her with your 
geek index. 

Brian
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