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Posted: Oct. 08 2006,12:40 |
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| Quote (Lynswin @ Oct. 04 2006,07:59) | I have a Dell latitude with 500mhz processor and 128mb RAM. It is currently running Windows XP and really struggles with this. It is only really used for internet and email so I thought about installing a lighter OS. I would have DSL as a stand alone OS installed on the HDD (well, I would possibly keep WinXP as well to start with). Having done some research it seems like DSL would suit me perfectly but I have a couple of questions:
1. I also looked into 'Puppy' but was put off when I read that you have to redo all of your settings every time you boot up. Is this the same for DSL and if so, what settings specifically? Would I have to reconfigure my email accounts every time I restart etc?
2. The laptop does not have a bootable CD or USB drive so how would I go about installing it?
3. If I were to keep Windows initially, would I be able to choose my OS at boot up?
4. Would I have to repartition my drive and if so, how would I go about doing this?
I am sorry if these questions have been asked before but I did have a browse and couldn't find any answers.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Lynda |
1. I'm running an older Latitude (363.971mhz, according to DSL's stats) - Pentium II - 128MB RAM like you. I tried to get PuppyLinux installed to the hard drive, for a couple of weeks. I wanted to keep my Windows 2000 alive and switch back and forth. I couldn't even get it to boot into Puppy using the CD!
2. If you have a CD-ROM at all it should be bootable. You just have to set it in the BIOS
3. Yes - if you install GRUB or LILO - if I remember correctly you are asked if you want to install one of these during DSL installation. I like GRUB.
4. You will need to repartition at some point. I just found a thread talking about using QParted to shrink your existing XP partition and use the remainder for linux! Wish I would have found that before I blew my Win2k install away LOL
Easy Dual Boot Config thread
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