What Linux Should I choose?

[dnlawyer]

I have an old laptop with no current OS on it, that I want to load Linux on. It is a 486/50 with 24MB, no NIC and a 1.0GB drive. It has no CDROM and only a floppy.

Your mission should you choose to except it......

1. What distribution of linux would you recommend for a system like this?

2. Can I load this flavor of linux onto floppy and load onto the system?

Any suggestions would really really help me....

Thanks

[adam_boz]

does it have a network card? If so (an you have another linux box), then you can install slack on it by using the boot disks, and mounting the install cd via NFS.

[ShieldWolf]

Unless you're a real Linux Guru, and since this is your first post here, I doubt that, this is not going to be a fun install, nor particularly usefull. Your hardware is, for lack of a better term, pitiful.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I would rather do that, than have you form a negative impression of Linux due to the problems of installing on such outdated, limited hardware.

[hlrguy]

You have to get a CDROM, even used, that connects through the PCMCIA slot. There are no distirbutions that can install off a floppy. The smallest is ~500 Mbytes, so you would nedd ~400 floppies, and each has to be sequentially prompted for by the install. It doesn't exist.

hlrguy

FYI

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[dnlawyer]

Thanks.

I have a PII notebook running Win2k dual booted with RH7.3, however, I had this old laptop laying around and wanted to see if I could make some use of it. I guess I'll have to find a PCMCIA NIC or something. Thanks.