[Fyzbo]

I have an older lab top that I was hoping to install linux on. Right now it runs windows 98se, but I don't want a dual boot ar anything, just a clean erase and linux as the new operating system. The machine is a little slow so I didn't know what version to get.

Toshiba Satelite 220CDS
Pentium 133MHz
Supercharged with PCI Bus and 256K L2 Cache
16mb ram
1.34 gig hard drive
cd/disk...

I've heard very good things about red hat linux and was hoping to get that, but I have a feeling it couldn't handle 8.0. I'm having trouble finding the hardware requirements, any suggestions on where to find the requirements or which version of linux to get?

[lynch]

Here's a fairly comprehensive site for laptop help.
lynch

[Fyzbo]

The website was informative and gave great instructions on how to make a dual boot system on my labtop with RH Linux 6.0 & Windows 95, but unfortunately I still don't know what version is best for me to run. Is RH Linux 6.0 my best option, or should I try 8.0 I want to know what the minumum system requirements are for these OSs.

[Fyzbo]

Ok, I realized I can't run version 8.0, so does anyone know where I can download an older version of Red Hat Linux?

[vpn]

might want to consider bsd... you can run it on a p75mhz with 16mb ram... minimum for redhat 7.2, is 64mb ram, and 2gb hard drive space for a server install [command prompt only, no gui] you should have at least a 5-10gb drive, and your processor should be fine...

[Fyzbo]

Does FreeBSD have a nice look and feel to it, or is it all unix text commands? Also, will the 1.3 gb hard drive be enough for the standard instalation or should I go for the minimal instalation? Thanks for the help.

[lynch]

See for yourself
{url=http://www.bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=4] BSD Screeshots [/url]
lynch