On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 12:25:21PM -0600, Scott Raun wrote: > All of the below is IIRC - I'll check it sometime tonight or tomorrow > night. > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:24:45PM -0600, Bill Layer wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:44:36 -0600 > > Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org> wrote: > > > > > Anyone coming who's done a 4MB Laptop install? That's what _I'm_ > > > hoping to accomplish... > > 486 class PC, 4MB RAM, ~80 MB hard-drive. I want to be able to do SSH > over dial-in and local ethernet. No X. > > It's a Dell of some kind. Dell Latitude 433 - I don't know if it's an SX or a DX. 4MB RAM, 170MB (!) hard-drive. > > It depends a lot on what distro you are talking about, and how you can > > manage to install it. Which distribution are you planning on using? > > > > Does this laptop have: > > > > - a CDROM drive? > > Not built-in. > > > - an Ethernet connection? > > I think so? It's probably on a PCMCIA card if so. > > > - PCMCIA slot(s)? > > Yes. 1 PCMCIA slot. I have a Dell 2400/9600 Data/Fax Modem card, and a Dell Ethernet card. Unfortunately (?), I don't have the dongle for the Modem card - I do have the dongle (which is RJ-45 on the other end) for the Ethernet card. > > - a parallel port? > > Yes. I do have parallel-port CD-ROM drive I'm planning on bringing > along. Confirmed - parallel, serial, VGA, PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard ports. And there's a Backpack parallel port CD-ROM drive that's coming too. > > A little more info and I can come up with plans for doing it... > > Like I said, I'll pull the exact specifications, hopefully tonight. I've got a (currently) unused 12-port 3Com SuperStack (unused because it needs a new fan - runs, but noisy) - should I bring that too? -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org