Re: Linux on old Toshiba Satellite 320CDS

From: Chris Cox (ccox_nopenotthis_at_airmail.net)
Date: 08/14/05


Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:02:37 -0500

level13@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm considering installing Linux on my old Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
> laptop. I wasn't able to find its page on http://www.linux-laptop.net/
>
> Has anyone successfully installed Linux on this laptop? If so, which
> distribution do you recommend? It's a Pentium 233 MMX, with 96 MB RAM.
> The not-for-Linux device (at least I suspect it) might be Xircom 100/10
> PCMCIA modem+ethernet card.
> Currently it's running Windows 98 with all patches & updates, and last
> time it was running at a "decent speed" it was before any Win98 patches
> were applied.
> Anything else I should be careful about?
>

I'm pretty sure I've done SUSE 8.2 on it in the past... but I think I
just threw out our last one... pretty sure it was the 320CDS though.



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