Apologies all - I realised as soon as I sent it - should NOT be a PIC tag. !
RP

On 17/08/07, Richard Prosser <rhprosser@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ;-)
> >
> > --
> > Chetan Bhargava
> > Web: http://www.bhargavaz.net
> > Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com
> > --
>
> 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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