Linux on old laptop

[Paul]

Hi,

> I have an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 445CDX laptop with 16MB of ram, a Pentium
> MMX 133 Mhz processor, and a 1.4GB hard drive.
> First, is it feasible to run linux on this machine?

Definately - yes. I have it running on a 486-DX33 with 20Mb of memory
and 4Gb HD without any problems.

> Second, how much in the way of FC can I use? I cannot use anaconda, because it
> does not let you continue with only 16MB. I would, however, like to use rpm,
> especially fedora SRPMs that I can compile on my faster desktop with FC2.

Don't use any of them. For something as low end as your machine, unless
you bump up the memory greatly, you're on a hiding to nothing. I'd
recommend you look at Slackware which works wonderfully on the older
machines.

Unfortunately, FC (and RH) distros seem to be aimed at the newer
machines instead of having a mechanism for text only install for lower
end boxes (including the ability to have a command line only
environment)

TTFN

Paul
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