Knoppix on ancient IBM 600E

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"A-B C." <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> writes:
> I bought a refub IBM 600E for a few hundred bucks. 400mhz, 128mb RAM, 6 GB
> HD. Pretty old stuff (1999 vintage).
>
> I installed Knoppix on it (wiping out Windows). Knoppix becomes Debian when
> installed.

Knoppix really needs that 128MiB, and at least 2GB of disk to install
onto. If you're stuck on a machine with less, you can start with one of
the lightweight Knoppix variants and apt-get up from there. Or try the
new Sarge installer[1], which went in smooth as glass when I tried it on
a problem system (brand-new Dell with SATA) two weeks ago.

[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

> If anyone is looking for a good use for old hardware, you might want to look
> at Linux on a laptop. Linux tends to run well with limited resources... and
> with only ONE exception, everything I ever need to do in Windows I can do in
> Linux with an open source software clone. The exception? Doing my taxes...
> there is not a good tax program for Linux.

I'll second that. I go over to one of our dual-boot game machines once
a year for the taxes.

> Linux can really extend the life of old hardware.... and is a good choice if
> your business is on a budget like ours is.

I might also point out that an old laptop, even a _really_ old laptop,
would make a pretty good router or X terminal. Quiet, low power, the
only problem is the occasional clunker that's too stupid to boot if the
batteries are dead.

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"Stephen R. Savitzky" <steve@theStarport.org> wrote in message
news:x7oeofke0l.fsf@harmony.thestarport.org...
> "A-B C." <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> writes:
> > I bought a refub IBM 600E for a few hundred bucks. 400mhz, 128mb RAM, 6
GB
> > HD. Pretty old stuff (1999 vintage).
> >
> > I installed Knoppix on it (wiping out Windows). Knoppix becomes Debian
when
> > installed.
>
> Knoppix really needs that 128MiB, and at least 2GB of disk to install
> onto. If you're stuck on a machine with less, you can start with one of
> the lightweight Knoppix variants and apt-get up from there. Or try the
> new Sarge installer[1], which went in smooth as glass when I tried it on
> a problem system (brand-new Dell with SATA) two weeks ago.
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> > If anyone is looking for a good use for old hardware, you might want to
look
> > at Linux on a laptop. Linux tends to run well with limited resources...
and
> > with only ONE exception, everything I ever need to do in Windows I can
do in
> > Linux with an open source software clone. The exception? Doing my
taxes...
> > there is not a good tax program for Linux.
>
> I'll second that. I go over to one of our dual-boot game machines once
> a year for the taxes.
>
> > Linux can really extend the life of old hardware.... and is a good
choice if
> > your business is on a budget like ours is.
>
> I might also point out that an old laptop, even a _really_ old laptop,
> would make a pretty good router or X terminal. Quiet, low power, the
> only problem is the occasional clunker that's too stupid to boot if the
> batteries are dead.
>
> --
> / Steve Savitzky \ rw-rw-rw- : the file permissions of the beast \
> / <steve@theStarport.org> http://theStarport.com/people/steve/
\
> \ hacker/songwriter:
http://theStarport.com/people/steve/Doc/Songs/
> \_ Kids' page: http://Interesting.Places.to/Browse/forKids/ _/

Same here, installed perfect. Knoppix will not see that built in Winmodem
but will detect almost any card modem you plug in. Thats what I'm using
right now.

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600e = ancient and gorgeous

"A-B C." <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote in message
news:10av80oj75hb00a@news20.forteinc.com...
> I needed a laptop to travel to a convention next week. I need to run
Apahce,
> MySQL, PHP, etc. in order to show off our web service.... and don't want
to
> pay the convention hall for a net hookup... which is expensive.
>
> I did not want to spend much money on the laptop as most of the time this
box
> will sit on a shelf collecting dust.
>
> I bought a refub IBM 600E for a few hundred bucks. 400mhz, 128mb RAM, 6 GB
HD.
> Pretty old stuff (1999 vintage).
>
> I installed Knoppix on it (wiping out Windows). Knoppix becomes Debian
when
> installed.
>
> Install was almost flawless. All the hardware was found and everything
worked
> "out of the box" except the modem.... which I don't need right now as I
have
> DSL.
>
> The box runs well. KDE is a bit slow but Apache, PHP, MySQL run fine...
and
> even faster if using ICEwm as a window manager.
>
> If anyone is looking for a good use for old hardware, you might want to
look
> at Linux on a laptop. Linux tends to run well with limited resources...
and
> with only ONE exception, everything I ever need to do in Windows I can do
in
> Linux with an open source software clone. The exception? Doing my taxes...
> there is not a good tax program for Linux.
>
> You can get a free Knoppix CD almost anywhere and you can test it on the
CD
> without any install. It's way cool. If you like it, you can install it...
or
> not. I know a lot of people who use the Knoppix CD to connect to the net
read
> email as Linux is immune to the worms and virus stuff that cripples
Windows.
>
> Linux can really extend the life of old hardware.... and is a good choice
if
> your business is on a budget like ours is.
>
> Al C.
> Adams-Blake Company, Inc.
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