<div>On 9/15/05, Brian Walker <<a href="mailto:bfwalker@gmail.com">bfwalker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Greetings<div> <div>On 9/15/05, Arnold Maestre <<a href="mailto:arnold.maestre@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> arnold.maestre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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) ? </blockquote></div> </div> 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 1.5 card-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 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank"> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> I have not personally used this but I heard Vector Linux 5.1 works great on older machines, maybe you should give it a try. Charles