Floppy

Scott C. Mellott scott at mellott.com
Sun Mar 14 18:52:01 EST 2004


What about Knoppix on his 'real system' instead of the old system (this 
assumes he has another system)?

Scott

Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:37:45 -0500
> "D. Mo" <ps121 at usaexpress.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hey there.  I'm sure someone out there can help with this.
>>
>>Got a friend who is interested in trying out Linux.  Has an old 386 to
>>play with which doesn't have a CD drive.  Was wondering if anyone has
>>an old version out there on floppies?
>>
>>I've severaal versions on CD but he doesn't really want to put a CD
>>drive in.
> 
> My gut feel, is if he is just trying out Linux, and old 386 might be
> problematic since his system is probably too ancient to support any of
> the newer additions to Linux. However, if he has a network, he might
> want to try a network install. 
> 
> 

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