You've never seen such a newbie

lilmidgey · 06-15-2002, 04:54 AM

Ok guys i'm the biggest newbie you've ever seen when it comes to linux/unix (microsoft born and bed). I'm looking for what you guys think are good tuts for installing a linux OS on a blank basic computer (486).

Now i don't wanna get into hardware wars and all the techy stuff. All i wanna achieve is get a linux OS running (I don't care wat it's called) so that i can then start learning the techy stuff after.

I'm probaly askin a bit much, but thanks for anything you can give me.

sakeeb · 06-15-2002, 05:11 AM

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/

lilmidgey · 06-15-2002, 05:26 AM

sweet, this looks like exactly what i was after
thanks mate

Mara · 06-15-2002, 07:02 AM

I think you have a small hd. So you need to decide which packages to install (you won't have space for all), no matter which distro you choose. In my opinon it's not a bad idea to try an old distro (for example, Slack 3.4 uses 200megs for full install). But then there might be a problem when installing some new packages (old libraries). So you must decide, if you'd like to spend much time learning about packages or learning how to upgrade your system.

lilmidgey · 06-15-2002, 09:11 AM

Ok cool, I understand where your com'in from. So is there a good place to browse through different disros?

And furthermore am i going to have to download a full 200mgs even for a lil OS?

P.S yes i am just playing wif a 100Mhz, 600Mb HD, 32Mb RAM

justiceisblind · 06-15-2002, 09:28 AM

You could download zipslack... It was originally meant to be used on a FAT filesystem, but in the readme files it explains in detail how to install it onto a linux native fs, like ext2 or ext3. You can find it @ slackware's website, and best of all it's a small (compared to 200mb) download @ around 35mb.

lilmidgey · 06-15-2002, 09:36 AM

Ok thanks i'll give that a try
Thats if i don't find a distro on a Cd lying somewhere around here
hehe

Mara · 06-15-2002, 01:15 PM

I must warn you. It'll be hard to install a "normal" distro on 600megs. It's possible to install router/firewall/small server, but not much more. So rather get Zipslack or any other small distro.

lcadwell · 06-15-2002, 02:06 PM

Hi

If you want to see a fully configured machine acting as a gateway with webserver, intrusion detection,firewall, ftp, windows file sharing etc go to www.clarkconnect.org and download their package. It fits on a small HDrive and once installed, you can see everything they've done to accomplish it.