[NTLUG:Discuss] Newbie in trouble

[Steve Baker]

> Lance Rose wrote:
> 
> Hey there.  I am preparing to install Linux on an old Dell 486 66mhz
> with 240 meg HD, 8 meg RAM.  I was given the PC I'm using and I'm not
> sure of some things.  When and where is the next NTLUG meeting and
> will someone be available to help me install?

The next meeting is on 25th (Next Saturday), there is a Linux
Installation
session that starts two hours before the meeting.

> Where I work has a bunch (20+) of this class of machines that they are
> pushing out as obsolete.  I'm hoping I could persuade them that they
> could use Linux to extend the life of these machines.

You can certainly run Linux on them - although with only 8Mb RAM, it's
going to be a tight squeeze if you want X windows.  You'll also have to
be pretty careful about what you install on them to get the subset of
Linux that you need squinched into a 240Mb disk.  It's possible though -
if your expectations are modest.

Depends what you need them for though.  I use a 486 (100MHz, 16Mb RAM,
4Gb disk) at home as a file server - and I have a similar machine at
work that runs our group's Intranet server (VERY low traffic!).

Perhaps you'd consider scrapping 10 of the machines so you can double
up the disk and RAM.  That would make them much more usable.

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