tb01
20.08.2008, 18:31
12:17 PM 8/20/2008
Hi folks,
I inherited a rather old Toshiba T4600C notebook with a severely crashed installation of Win98SE. When I tried booting a Live CD of PCLinuxOS 2007, it loops from GRUB menu back to restart (Toshiba logo splash screen), as of course, this has a 486SL-33MHz processor (I believe).
Being a Lx newbie, with 27yrs M$ PC technician, is there a Lx distribution which would:
- install to this notebook (preferrably w/o tweaking & compiling - I don't yet know how to do)
- integrate (share files, maybe apps) with PCLinuxOS 2007 running on my desktop and Acer notebook
The Toshiba has a USB port (I'm SURE it's only 1.0/1.1) which I would like to use for a D-Link DWL-G120 54Mb WiFi adapter to connect my LAN. It also has a PCMCIA slot (specs unknown) which I might also be able to use a Linksys/Network Everywhere Ethernet adapter if the WiFi isn't an option.
I GREATLY appreciate any info anyone could provide. I hate to see stuff like this going into the landfill, but need to do something useful with it if it's going to take up space in my very small apartment.
Also - if someone could point me toward a short & direct tutorial on Lx tweaking/compiling, I would really like to get started learning about that since nearly everything requires some of that at some point. I'm pretty bright, learn quickly on my own, and need the (Windows-background) 'technician-level' guide (not Lx for dummies) to get myself started.
Thanks so much, in advance!
--Tom
Hi folks,
I inherited a rather old Toshiba T4600C notebook with a severely crashed installation of Win98SE. When I tried booting a Live CD of PCLinuxOS 2007, it loops from GRUB menu back to restart (Toshiba logo splash screen), as of course, this has a 486SL-33MHz processor (I believe).
Being a Lx newbie, with 27yrs M$ PC technician, is there a Lx distribution which would:
- install to this notebook (preferrably w/o tweaking & compiling - I don't yet know how to do)
- integrate (share files, maybe apps) with PCLinuxOS 2007 running on my desktop and Acer notebook
The Toshiba has a USB port (I'm SURE it's only 1.0/1.1) which I would like to use for a D-Link DWL-G120 54Mb WiFi adapter to connect my LAN. It also has a PCMCIA slot (specs unknown) which I might also be able to use a Linksys/Network Everywhere Ethernet adapter if the WiFi isn't an option.
I GREATLY appreciate any info anyone could provide. I hate to see stuff like this going into the landfill, but need to do something useful with it if it's going to take up space in my very small apartment.
Also - if someone could point me toward a short & direct tutorial on Lx tweaking/compiling, I would really like to get started learning about that since nearly everything requires some of that at some point. I'm pretty bright, learn quickly on my own, and need the (Windows-background) 'technician-level' guide (not Lx for dummies) to get myself started.
Thanks so much, in advance!
--Tom