Linux distro for very old comp

paulyj1124 · Post by **paulyj1124** » 10 Mar 2006, 17:05

Any one know a distro for a old comp that runs from a floppy disk? The CD-ROM drive is completely screwed, and it dosent have a USB drive.

INTEL PRO
64m RAM (I think)
Running Windows 95

Post by **CommonStray** » 10 Mar 2006, 17:37

heres a pretty damn good article i found on linux with older hardware

but to be honest i would consider getting a new CD Rom - nothing fancy of course

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/13/1854251

3.5 floppy linux distro's

http://floppix.ccai.com/
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions ... ributions/ - nice list

GODhack · Post by **GODhack** » 16 Mar 2006, 12:41

Move comps hdd to another pc and then copy "puppy" or "dsl", then move hdd back.