[xubuntu-users] Xu vs. 486DX2

[Daniel Bodanske]

Network install will definitely be best. Do a Debian install from a
couple of floppies. Debian still bases itself on i386, so the 486 will
work. You also have the option of 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. I'd go with the
2.4, because the hardware is so old. If you can manage to get a 2.2 in
there, I'd even go that way, since it will just be a server.

The network install lets you put the minimum necessary on the HD,
which you said was quite small. I believe this is your best bet.

Dan

On 2/23/07, João Santiago <exalowprofile at gmail.com> wrote:
> isn't that what today is called "network install" ? if it is i can do that,
> i just found the network cards for each of the pc's
>
>
> On 2/22/07, Robert B. Lance Sr <vidd at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > moving the HD from computer to computer is really not feasable (can you
> use a lap top HD in a desktop?) as the installed hardware componants will be
> different, and require significant reconfiguring when the drives are
> replaced into thier respective machines.
> > On possibility that no-one has mentioned (because it is so old-school, I
> didnt think about it before) is to use lap-link cables to connect the
> machines (one at a time) to a computer that DOES have a cd drive.
> >
> > I do not know personally how to set this up in linux
> > Can someone point the way?
> >
> > Robert B. Lance Sr.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: João Santiago
> > To: Xubuntu Help and User Discussions
> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xu vs. 486DX2
> >
> >
> > thanks everyone for the help so far. I think ReactOS is not really what i
> want but thanks for the suggestion, i didn't know the OS :)
> >
> > i did some searching in Distro Watch and found this nice one called Deli
> Linux, it says that it was tested on a 486 laptop with 16mb and runs smooth
> nice ^^ but it doesn't says anything about server capinilities so i guess it
> needs third party stuff...
> >
> > slackware still seems to be the best contestant. i was thinking about
> using the laptop and the desktop as a multi-cpu system, this can be done
> with slack right? oh and can slack be installed through a network (or by the
> "moving HD to another computer" method?) because as i stated before both
> pc's don't have a CD drive.
> >
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