On 8/16/07, Richard Prosser wrote: > 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. Few years ago I was able to install slackware on it with OLWM. It ran but was very sluggish, even worse than windows 98. I was able to play mp3 files using xmms. Later I decided to finally use w98 on it. All I needed was communication functionality and Teraterm delivers what I need. > 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. I never tried networking or wireless stuff on it as it is not worth to even surf web on it. Most of the wireless cards available today need at least windows 2000. > 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 have both floppy and CD-ROM drives for it. along with the external drive caddy. You are right about cd-rws not working on it sometimes. :-) > 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. Please do let me know your experience with Linux on this laptop. -- Chetan Bhargava Web: http://www.bhargavaz.net Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist