[KLUG Members] An older Linux/Unix distro...

[Daniel]

You can get many old versions of RedHat from their ftp site:

Some of them may even be available as ISOs:

drk:drk:[9:39am]:~> ncftp ftp.redhat.com
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp@ncftp.com).
Could not connect to ftp.redhat.com -- try again later: Connection timed out.                                             
Redialing (try 1)...                                                                                                      
Red Hat FTP server ready. All transfers are logged. (FTP)
Logging in...                                                                                                             
Login successful. Have fun.
Sorry, I don't have help.                                                                                                 
Logged in to ftp.redhat.com.                                                                                              
ncftp / > cd pub/redhat/linux/ 
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls
1.0/         2.1/         4.1/         5.1/         6.1/         7.1/         8.0/         current@     rawhide/
1.1/         3.0.3/       4.2/         5.2/         6.2/         7.2/         beta/        enterprise/  updates/
2.0/         4.0/         5.0/         6.0/         7.0/         7.3/         code/        ibm/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0
en/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0/en/    
    iso  os
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0/en/iso/  
i386/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0/en/iso/i386/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0/en/os/      
i386/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > ls 1.0/en/os/i386/
FAQ@             README.NOW       contrib/         manual@          rpps/
README           README.release   kernels/         rootdisks/
ncftp /pub/redhat/linux > 



Tahnesha Pinckney extolled:
> Good morning all,
>  
> I just have a weird question...I have a Gateway Colorbook at home that
> is now running Windows 3.1.   However, I want to migrate over to a Linux
> or Unix OS.  Now this laptop is quite old, assume the bare essentials
> (4-16MB RAM, 550MB Hard Drive, Floppy drive, 10.1 inch color screen,
> 14.4K Modem, etc).  I wonder if there is an older version of either Unix
> or Linux I could use for this machine.  It doesn't have to be fancy,
> I'll only be using this unit for internet connectivity and word
> processing.  
>  
> As usual, I know all of you are quite busy so any and all info provided
> is greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Tahnesha E. Pinckney
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