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| Started by | Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> |
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| First post | 2020-07-03 23:00 +0200 |
| Last post | 2020-07-07 00:30 +0200 |
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Re: Very old hardware... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-07-03 23:00 +0200
Re: Very old hardware... Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2020-07-07 00:30 +0200
| From | Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> |
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| Date | 2020-07-03 23:00 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Very old hardware... |
| Message-ID | <AoAWS-dv-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:17:33 +0200 Davide Lombardo <careless@live.it> wrote: > Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs: > CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz; It might be useful to identify the manufacturer of the computer or motherboard, and search the Internet for documentation. You may want to add a network card and as much memory as you can stuff into it. For installing, maybe a (temporary?) CD-ROM drive. I would use the netboot installation disk. Get a minimal console only installation going, update/upgrade as appropriate. Then add a GUI. At that point, tasksel is your friend. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
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| From | Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> |
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| Date | 2020-07-07 00:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ApHMC-1kT-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #224334 |
On Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:04:22 -04 Davide Lombardo wrote: > On Friday, 3 July 2020 22:57:06 CEST Charles Curley wrote: > > On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:17:33 +0200 > > > > Davide Lombardo <careless@live.it> wrote: > > > Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs: > > > CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz; > > > > It might be useful to identify the manufacturer of the computer or > > motherboard, and search the Internet for documentation. > > > > You may want to add a network card and as much memory as you can > > stuff into it. > > > > For installing, maybe a (temporary?) CD-ROM drive. > > > > I would use the netboot installation disk. Get a minimal console > > only > > installation going, update/upgrade as appropriate. Then add a GUI. > > At that point, tasksel is your friend. > > Oh I forgot to list the dvd driver the PC is an Acer Aspire 8400, yeah > at least would be good if I can add more RAM yes, and get yourself a model 15 teletype as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE SCNR Cheers Eike -- Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
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