[KLUG Members] Command line only pc to learn unix

[Patrick Stockton]

If you are going to use a machine with that few resources and strictly text
base look at Slackware.  It's got a disk based install which is really easy
to do.

You may want to scrounge around and get a little more ram though just so
everything is happy.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Leonard" <marshall@pacdemon.org>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Command line only pc to learn unix


> Hehe... it'll work--but RedHat might not.  You might want to find one of
the
> mini-distros or even a floppy distribution.
>
> Anyway, for installation purposes (if you decide to install on the hard
drive) I
> would recommend removing the hard drive and putting in a faster machine,
doing
> the install, and then putting it back in the 486...
>
> l8er
>
> Paul VandenBosch wrote:
> >
> > I am working through some reference books on linux and want to learn the
unix
> > language.  In order to be able to experiment with partitioning,
filesystems
> > and generally use commands that might cause problems on my daily use
machine,
> > I was thinking of getting one of the tired old pc's out of the office
> > junkyard and setting it up with linux and using it as a command line
only (no
> > GUI) machine for learning purposes.
> >
> > I found one at work that is pretty minimalist.  8M RAM, 66 Mhz 486 DX2,
325
> > MB HD, modem, floppy, no CD.  Thats it.
> >
> > For the purpose of learning unix, is it worth my time to try to get this
> > machine running linux?  I would just want a very basic text only system,
> > maybe not even a mouse.   It would be something that I could try out
commands
> > and make mistakes on and not lose anything valuable.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ______________________________
> >
> > Paul VandenBosch
> > Guide to Sailing and Cruising Stories
> > http://cruisenews.net
> > email: admin at above url
> >
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