Re: [PARPORT] which distro for an old i486 laptop

From: Ashley Moore (linuxify@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 21:44:01 EDT

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    Thanks for the info.
    any idea where I might find these iso images. i heard even rh6.0 will do with
    its parport boot disk.

    but i can seem to find and iso images around. google brought up lots of sites
    that carry more recent versions of iso images.

    any help?

    thanks in advance.

    On Monday 17 September 2001 20:17, you wrote:
    > Slack 4.0 or 3.6 will work fast.
    >
    > bye
    > Rafael Diniz
    >
    > Em 17 Sep 2001 14:52:32 -0400, Ashley Moore escreveu:
    > > Hi,
    > > I have an old Compaq Contura 486 laptop, 8 Mb Ram, 2
    > > Gb Hdd, 1.44 floppy. I got an external CDROM
    > > (Onspec26) and would like to install linux (via a
    > > parport boot disk) and make it a bit produtive ;).
    > >
    > > I have 95 on it now, its a verrrry slow m/c for 95,
    > > but i'm sure, a trimmed down custom kernel could be
    > > just what is needed. and maybe even a light-weight
    > > window manager on XFree86 v3.3 or v4. i don't really
    > > know how i'm going to put it all together...
    > >
    > > I need a parport boot-disk. I have the Mandrake i486
    > > CD with me now. but i could'nt find a suitable boot
    > > disk for it. I also booted off another image i
    > > downloaded - RH 6.1 parport boot disk. but i recd some
    > > error about RH not being able to load on the h/w
    > > Can some one point me to a good resource or even
    > > suggestions are most welcome.
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance
    > > Ashley Moore.
    > >
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