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What and how do I install Linux on my old Gateway solo 2500 laptop?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I have an old laptop, it has no cds with it besides a “boot directory” floppy disk. When I turn on the laptop to boot from whatever is on that floppy, it say “loading windows 95″ then it says “no operating system found”. So I’m guessing I better try a different OS on the old lappy. So, I want to install linux, not just a live run version, full install, but 1.) What version of Linux would install onto the computer and 2.) How would I partition my hard drive if I can’t get into windows? All I’m at when i turn on the computer is the bios settings. BTW, only reason I’m doing this is to win a bet with a friend. I wouldn’t trade my Dell XPS for anything.

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How can I turn a PII Laptop into a linux net admin tool?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I need to find a linux distribution for my old old laptop. Here’s the specs:
- PII 333 MHz Processor
- 96 MB RAM
- 3.3 GB Hard Drive
- No integrated NIC
- USB Ethernet Dongle (Linksys USB200M)
- 24X CDROM
- USB Port

I’m wanting to convert the laptop into a network admin tool. I’d like to use it to accomplish the following tasks:
- Monitor network nodes (PING, SNMP, Latency Tests)
- Network Connectivity and Routing Tests (Telnet, Dig, NSLOOKUP, etc)
- Packet Captures and packet analysis
- Web browsing
- Linux command practices
- GUI interface

So I’m looking for a distribution that will work with my specs and provide as much network tools and functionality as possible.

But wait, there’s more =P

I plan to leave the laptop up and running for long periods of time so I don’t want to use a “live cd” distribution… or rather, I need it to run off of the hard drive.

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a bootable slideshow?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

ok i have a huge problem. I am making a slideshow pictureframe out of an old laptop but all 4 of my harddrives went bad so now i dont have on OS. So i was going to do a live cd with linux but i dont have any place to store the pictures for the slideshow, is there a vesion of linux that allows you to create a live-cd slideshow? or is there another solution you guys may have to offer?

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Which is the best Live Cd Linux distrubution for my PentiumMMX 32MB RAM 3GB HD laptop?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I want to experiment Linux with my old laptop (memory upgraded to 128MB). What is the best linux distro for it besides DSL?

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Which Distribution of linux would be ideal?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I’m looking for a Live CD version of Linux to run a an old laptop. Basically what I want from the Linux distro is some form of GUI and USB flash drive support. It needs to run on these specs:

-Pentium III @ 450Mhz
-128MB RAM
-8MB Video memory
-about 6GB Hard Drive
- Currently runs Windows 98.
- It is a Dell Latitude CPx

So what would be ideal? Thanks for any suggestions.

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