On 4/16/06, Bill Kuncicky wrote: > OK, I think that I probably have the information that I need now. Thanks. > I did specify Fedora Core 4, because that is what a friend is using and he > was going to make me a set of disks to install the system. However, the > desktop computer that I have is an older one, with a 30 MB hard drive and a > relatively slow CPU. So I may have to use a different Linux > distribuation. But the main thing that I was looking for was the > information that Xiaofan Chen passed to me, and which I appreciate very > much. And thanks for the information regarding the Linux installation, also > -- that is good to know, and will probably save me a lot of frustration. > > Bill > Is it really 30MB of hard drive? In that case it is a sub-386 machine and you have to run ancient Linux distribution. If it is 30GB, then you have hope to run more modern Linux distribution. What is the configuration of your PC (CPU/Memory/Hdd/display card/...)? Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist