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On Sat, 06 Sep 1997 23:44:48 -0700 josh <jg@izap.com> writes: ....... >I have a question for you, >I own a THINKPAD 500 (12MB ram, 540 MB HDD). >Aside from my partioning problems (getting all 540 MB to be useable), >which >I think I have a handle on now... >Have you ever installed & ran LINUX? Until I needed the space for OS/2, I had 250MB allocated for Debian Linux. It's very confiurable, but I don't recommend the installation (because you have to choose EACH and EVERY individual file. This may have changed in a new release, though). >I am trying to install it from a Microsolutions "BACKPACK" Parallel >Port >CD-ROM. I know that Red Hat (at least the CD-ROM I have) has a batch file to boot Linux from the DOS prompt. I don't know if it recognizes parallel port CD-ROMS, though. Usually, you need to create Boot and Root disks. The boot obviously is what the name says - It boots up the system, and autodetects some things in your system. Root has various programs and the installation. >All the web pages I have found on the topic say it's "easy", well I >can't >get it to work ! When you get used to it, it is, but on a mobile computer, it can be a pain setting it up. I actually setup a 40MB partition (FAT) for the hibernation file and also put the compressed debian files in there, and mounted the disk so I could install from there. >How the heck to get LINUX to see it so I can install LINUX.? >Do I tyoe something at teh LILOboot prompt? > You might consider Slackware, because it has disk series, where you can install the whole thing more easily off of floppy disketts. I actually like it, but if I had my choice, I'd choose Debian (except that installation is a nightmare - try and see for yourself). >If you knwo anything , I would appreciate your help if you know... > > I'm not a UNIX expert, but I would consider myself sort of intermediate, so I will try to answer what I know. Also, X windows suprisingly ran well with XFishtank, a background of moving fish, FVWM95, which is a window manager with a Windows 95-type of look, and various terms. I also only have 12MB of RAM in my machine, and had NO swap partition. Paul