[BozemanLUG] Older PC hardware and older distros . .

[Jordan Schatz]

> Damn Small Linux appears to be quite dead... with its most recent
> release near the end of 2008.

Thats sad.... it was one of the best "tiny" distros... hadn't realized
that it had been so long since I last used it.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 06:10:56PM -0400, Scott Dowdle wrote:
> Gary,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I've aquired a 200MMX HP computer, and it works okay with (cough
> > cough) WIN98, but I want more than that, of course. I'm limited by
> > the BIOS for max HD size at 8.4 Gb, which is barely enough for the
> > new distros when you load everything.
> 
> What is the exact make and model number?  Is 200MMX the model number... or a reference to a 200MHz CPU with MMX?
> 
> > I'm looking for 72pin SIMMS, 60ns EDO or FPM, to fill six slots to
> > get the RAM up to or beyond 256 Mb.
> 
> I wanted to the make/model number to look it up on crucial.com to see if they could say how much RAM it can take.  If it can only take an 8.4GB hard drive, I'd be surprised if it can go bigger than 32MB of RAM.  The laptop I had back in 1998 was a Toshiba and I had 24MB or RAM and could only go to 32MB.  If that one is a year or two newer, it'll probably be better.
> 
> > Also, I'm trying to find older distros of Mandriva/Madrake 7.2 or so,
> > and/or SuSE 7.x/8.x/9.x. I know these will load and work just fine
> > with legacy PC's. I have a CD drive, but no DVD . . . yet.
> 
> There was a review of Puppy Linux in today's DistroWatch Weekly.  It seems to be the most popular for low end hardware:
> 
> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110418#feature
> 
> Damn Small Linux appears to be quite dead... with its most recent release near the end of 2008.
> 
> Given the computing power for the power usage, I'd recommend you take a hammer to it... or turn it in at the next eWaste recycle event. :)
> 
> TYL,
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