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Posted: July 18 2006,16:08 QUOTE
A newbie here -  I have an old laptop I would like to put a distribution of Linux on.  No CD drive.  Is there a distribution available that can be installed via floppy disc?  Partitioned HD 200mb with Win 95 and 128mb formated Fat32.  Processor is a 486 and 20mb Ram.  I am not concerned about duing a dual boot.  I want to be able to access the Internet and that is about it.  Is it possible to install DSL via floppy?  Will it work on this old duffer of a computer?  I have a PCMCIA Network card that works with Win 95.  Would it work with DSL?
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Posted: July 19 2006,09:36 QUOTE
Does it have a 486sx or 486dx processor? - DSL needs a math coprocessor (unless you want to fiddle a lot). I also guess that on a slow box like that, a hard disk install would be best and for that you need at least a 130 MB linux partition and a swap partition. The simplest way to install DSL may be to take out the disk, put it into another PC, install DSL and finally put it back.
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