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I have an old Gateway 2000 Solo laptop that I have acquired. It is running Win 95, has 512MB hard drive space, and 24MB RAM. I have never used Linux, ...
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  1. 08-06-2006 #1
    seh87
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    install on old laptop 512MB - possible??

    I have an old Gateway 2000 Solo laptop that I have acquired. It is running Win 95, has 512MB hard drive space, and 24MB RAM. I have never used Linux, but had it recommended by a friend. If possibly I would like to completely format the hard drive and install Linux. Will this even be possible?

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  2. 08-06-2006 #2
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    I think most distros are going to take more power than that, but maybe you could try running a live-cd such as Damn Small Linux (about 50 MB) on it to see how that works. If it runs, you should be fine to install it on the hard drive.
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    I'm completely new to Linux. Where can I find something like that to try?
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  4. 08-07-2006 #4
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    You can download it here:

    http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
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