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Installing Linux on an old Thinkpad

racketboy - May 19, 2003

		IceDigger	May 20, 2003
		Did you get knoppix yet?

ExCyber

May 20, 2003

About the DOS thing, are you still able to print from DOS programs like you're running it native?

I think it can be done with some mildly ugly configuration work, but I haven't used Dosemu or Bochs in quite a while, and don't recall ever setting up printer support. I do seem to recall seeing some information that suggests that it's possible, but the solution for Dosemu might be ugly (e.g. requiring root access for dosemu).

racketboy

May 21, 2003

Originally posted by IceMan2k@May 20, 2003 @ 11:29 PM

Did you get knoppix yet?

I have it downloaded, but it's on my work computer.

I still need to transfer it to my USB hard drive and take it home.

Hopefully tommorow.

You sure it won't blow up my machine like MTXBlau said?

		racketboy	May 23, 2003
		K I got the cd burned and everything, but I can't get the Thinkpad to boot from the CD. The BIOS doesn't have an option for it.

		racketboy	May 24, 2003
		ok I can't get the Thinkpad to boot into a CD or have the CDROM to be able to be read when using a standard Win98 boot disk -- even with "CDROM Support" The drive has always had a hard time reading burned CDs I need help!

		racketboy	May 28, 2003
		anyone know where I can get a newer internal optical drive at an economical price?

		racketboy	Jun 12, 2003
		ok -- what about installing Win2K on this puppy? remember, it's a P133, 96MB RAM, 2GB Hard Drive? it fits the minimum requirements... would it be enough to run 2K, Word97/2K, Excel97/2K, and Winamp2?

		Curtis	Jun 12, 2003
		It wouldn't be pretty. Windows 95 minimum ram was 4Mb, and technically it'd run with that, but you couldn't do anything practical with it.

		racketboy	Jun 13, 2003
		screw it -- I'm gonna put 98 on there. I have a 98 Restore CD I'll use -- as opposed to a burned CD.