On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 10:25:41PM +0100, Graham Pearson wrote:
> Well the advice for those whoknownothing is to goto the local lug. I did & may say how much I admire the technical work
> that is obviously going on as I have read these messages these past months. But guys - all I really wanna do.......is put linux
> on an old laptop & make it an e box with internet/text processing/pdf access. And I'd like it to take advantage of the
> compression in the present protocol, & download the entire messge file at once, & _maybe_ workwith a pcmcia modem.
>
> Oh! and not have to be rebooted three times a day & cleaned four times a week & crash twice a month - yes I'm currently
> using MS/ ME.
Well, most large dists are more than happy installing straight onto a
laptop these days. What make is the laptop? Does it have a CD-ROM drive,
and do you know whether you can boot off the CD-ROM drive?
If you're new to linux then Mandrake or possibly SuSE would I think be
recommended heavily.
If it's an elderly laptop then you're possibly likely to have troubles.
If it's a newer one then you should be OK. Booting from CD-ROM is
generally better than from Floppy as sometimes the floppy is a usb
device internally to the laptop and causes problems.
Best bet is to give it a go, and when you get stuck read what you can
find and ask!
Good luck
Matthew
--Matthew Sackman Nottingham England
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