[plug] Installn

[Daniel Pearson]

Also, I want to install Linux on it, because it'll be my first time and I
wanna feel special :) hehe

-Daniel
-----Original Message-----
From: John Summerfield <summer at os2.ami.com.au>
To: plug at linux.org.au <plug at linux.org.au>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Installn


>On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Gavin Tweedie wrote:
>
>> Pfft!
>> my gateway machine at home is a 486dx2-66 w/ 8mbram and a 120meg hdd
>>
>> [root at int-gw /root]# free
>>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
>> Mem:          6712       6288        424       4412        268       3376
>> -/+ buffers/cache:       2644       4068
>> Swap:        15420        384      15036
>> [root at int-gw /root]# df
>> Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
>> /dev/hda1             100138   82087    12880     86%   /
>>
>> :)
>> thats redhat 5.2 minus docs, minus man pages, minus x, minux graphics
>> libraries, minus.... :)
>>
>> running 2.2.3 and it has 2xethernet cards in it and my ppp connection and
>> also hanbdles my printing for my network. Mind you i think thats about as
>> much as ill squeeze out of that box :)
>
>Come on, you're not trying yet.
>
>I had a 486DX33, 8 Mb that was doing all the above (printing with
>ghostscript) plus socks plus mail plus proxy web server.
>
>It also had XFree installed.
>
>The system wasn't fast, but it WAS faster than my modem.
>
>However, running Linux in 4 Mb won't be much fun. I think I've heard that
>RH install won't run for starters.
>
>Possibly when you round up a HDD, some kind soul will install Linux on it
>for you. It doesn't HAVE to be done while it's in your computer.
>
>--
>Cheers
>John Summerfield
>http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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>