Re: Is my old RedHat computer doomed?

[Will Kemp <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Buzzard wrote:
> Thanks for the many responses. Here are the answers to some questions:
>
> I can only boot from floppy (and hd).
>
> I have long ago maxed out my RAM slots: 192M is all I'll ever have.

Really? That's very primitive for a laptop built in 2000! What model is it?

> If I don't want to take the hd out, am I ever going to get a modern
> distro on it?

Well, it must be possible to install a distro's network boot image on a 
small partition on the hard drive and make it bootable. Then you should 
be able to boot from that and install via the net. I've never tried it, 
but it ought to be possible. It would probably take a bit of fiddling 
around though.



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