for the GENTOO crowd
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Thu May 16 13:08:24 CDT 2002
I burned all three stages, but only used stage 1. You will need internet
access to do it, either way you go. I thought cardbus worked in Linux? I
think the kernel needs to be compiled to support it though. I'd check
the lhd to see if there is a recommended driver for you nic.
To help with the memory you might try adding a loop device swap file,
assuming you have sufficient hard disc. This will almost certainly fix
any lack of memory problems. At a cost.
HTH,
Brian Densmore
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bkelsay at comcast.net [mailto:bkelsay at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:10 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: for the GENTOO crowd
>
>
> Gentoo related question. Will I be able to install from just
> a stage one
> disk on a P-120 laptop w/ 32MB of RAM? I finally found a
> laptop I could
> afford and it's slower than my desktop P-233. I'm currently
> looking for a
> RAM upgrade for this old laptop and it will max out at 48MB.
> Luckily it has
> a built in 6x CD and floppy and a NIC I bought on ebay is on its way.
>
> Somebody gave me a 10/100 NIC, but it was cardbus (32-bit)
> and couldn't be
> detected in either Linux or Windows. I already had Windows
> 98 on the drive
> from my internet appliance and so I stuck it in and the
> laptop booted fine
> and detected all hardware, except the NIC. I loaded Mandrake
> 8.2 on it but
> could only get disk one and a MINIMAL Icewm. It looks
> crappy. I want
> XFCE or something else. Hoping that KDE when compiled on the
> machine will
> be sweet.
> Brian Kelsay
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