Re: Dell Latitude L400

From: Thomas Jespersen (thomas_at_lucky-music.dk)
Date: 08/23/05

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    On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:25:13 +0000, Jim wrote:

    > recommendation for a distro which I can lob on the HD via another
    > machine? FWIW, I've had a go with another drive with an existing

    Sorry, didn't read that part properly.

    Actually I can't remember which distro I installed but as I am a redhat
    guy I am sure it has been an older Redhat distro (certainly not fedora
    core, too heavy for my old notebook :) )

    Slackware might be a possiblity too:

    http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=installation#11

    You need to install DOS on a (small) partition though, use FreeDOS for
    that:
    http://www.freedos.org/

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