"Jim Richardson" <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:07:01 -0600,
> Quantum Leaper <leaper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> 4mb Laptop HOWTO
>>>
>>> ,----[ Conclusion ]
>>> | You now have a laptop with the core utilities in place and 50 to 70mb
>>> | spare for whichever extras you need. Don't mess it up because it's a
>>> | lot easier to modify an existing installation on such cramped old
>>> | machines than it is to start from scratch again.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/4mb-Laptops.html
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>> So Linux fixed the problem my friend had when he tried to install it on
>> his
>> 4 MB 486 a few years ago. It would RUN in 4 megs but it wouldn't
>> install,
>> so he had to borrow my 4 meg simms.
>>
>>
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> Depends on the distro. That's a distro thing, not a "Linux" thing.
>
Interesting, why would they even do set the distro up that way? I don't
know which one it was but I know it was one of the popular ones a few years
ago.
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