Subj : Re: Linux for old computer (very)
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Sergey Sapronov
Date : Wed Nov 10 2021 10:17 am

   Привет, Maurice!

    Ответ на сообщение Maurice Kinal (2:280/464.113) к Sergey Sapronov, написанное 10 ноя 21 в 09:02:

 SS>> There is a laptop, ancient. It only has 128MB of RAM (and a 40GB
 SS>> IDE drive!). What Linux can I install on it?

 MK> Have a look at some of the older slackwares at
 MK> ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware-iso/ as they have
 MK> versions nobody else has, not even slackware.  Offhand I'd guess
 MK> something like slackware-10.0 or thereabouts should work.

Thanks, I'll watch this.

 SS>> I want to deploy FTN software on it, and a website (with a load
 SS>> of about zero). Is it even possible?

 MK> Yes.  How much do you know about installing linux distributions?  Also
 MK> does the laptop have a bootable CD-ROM?  That will make a HUGE
 MK> difference.

There is a CD-rom, but it does not read modern cd-r for some unknown reason. So far I have come to this option: I removed the HDD, connected it via an IDE-2-USB adapter to a full-fledged laptop, created a virtual machine with this physical disk through VMWare player on it, and on this disk I plan to install Linux from an iso image, and after installation, connect the hdd back to the old laptop - this is the design!

   С уважением - Sergey

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