On 17/08/07, Chetan Bhargava <cbhargava@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an old Fujitsu laptop (350Mhz, 2G HD); everything works. But it
> > uses Win98, and they
> > "say" it can't be updated at all. Suppose I installed Ubuntu, which at
> > least might give it a few more
> > quality years. Anybody done that?
>
> I have a Toshiba 430CDT with 2gb drive and 16MB RAM. Laptop doesn't
> need an adapter as it takes 110-220v directly and it certified for
> windows 95. I tried installing linux on it but it just doesn't install
> as the installer needs more memory than available  :-)
>
> I installed windows 98 on it and it is running happily since then. I
> use that laptop to console into switches, servers etc. Runs Teraterm
> perfectly. Solitare also works ;-)
>
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> Chetan Bhargava
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> Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com
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Chetan,
Interesting. I have the same laptop IIRC and am currently trying to
get it going with a minimalistic Linux  version. Puppy linux is
supposed to work down to about 32Megs of ram or maybe less (with a
swap file and once installed) so I might be being a bit optomistic but
it's worth a try. "Damn Small Linux" is also a possibility but seems
to require slightly more resources - I could be wrong here. I got
Puppy Linux working on another more modern laptop and it was real easy
to get going - wireless and all.

Otherwise I'm glad to hear it runs fine on Win98 as that may be the
final option. It's running win95  without problems - but I can't get
the wireless PCMCIA card to connect. (I can detect the SSID and
measure field strength however). Complains about missing drivers & the
origonal win95 version (as fitted) doesn't have any wireless support
apparently.

Part of the problem is that I only have a CD drive in it  - no floppy
or USB  & it won't boot from the CD so without network access it's a
bit difficult to get stuff on and off it. It does read CD-Rs but not
re-writeable CDs. I can transfer files by serial port - but it's quite
slow. - Haven't managed to get the direct cable connection working so
it's via Hyperterminal file transfer at 57600.

I'll probably be getting down & dirty with "grub" this weekend & try &
add a boot menu of some sort. If I get wireless operating it's
destined to become a VNC viewer for my desktop so actual processing
requirements should be minimal.

RP
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