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Old 07-26-2006, 03:13 AM   #1
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DSL minimum requirements


Hey all i have heaps of old compuyter systems and a few people have recommended i run dsl on them. Can anyone give me the minimum system requirements?

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Old 07-26-2006, 03:23 AM   #2
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Using their website (shock horror) i found this:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/486.html

shows 2 people running it on pretty cack hardware, i hope yours is better than theirs :S
 
Old 07-26-2006, 03:27 AM   #3
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simple link
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/i...e_Requirements
 
Old 07-26-2006, 06:31 AM   #4
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ok i got dsl installed on my computer runnin smooth. How do i set it up to connect to a windows network?
 
Old 07-26-2006, 06:39 AM   #5
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connect how? work group or a domain? sharing an internet connection? need more info to be able to advise (google samba for the first 2, dont know about connection sharing, sorry)
 
Old 07-26-2006, 07:45 AM   #6
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i dunno. How do i run samba in dsl???????
 
Old 07-26-2006, 08:37 AM   #7
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install it via myDSL (network group), or download the myDSL package here :
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/damnsmall/mydsl/net/
 
Old 07-26-2006, 08:41 AM   #8
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since obviously both your arms are broken and so you're unable to search - http://samba.netfirms.com/ that'll help you configure it, agrouf has said how to obtain it.
 
  


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