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

From: Rafael Diniz (rafael2k@terra.com.br)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 19:26:33 EDT

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    Em 18 Sep 2001 18:44:01 -0700, Ashley Moore escreveu:
    > 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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