[ltp] Can my LTP project get off the ground?

[wesley lipscomb]

Does anyone know how to be taken off of the list?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Wagner" <vitus@ice.ru>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Can my LTP project get off the ground?


> On 2002.05.29 at 14:04:54 -0400, Vincent -LKV- wrote:
>
> > I have a TP 560 (2640-10U?) with 2 Gigs and 24 MB inside.  There's no
IBM
> > external floppy drive or IBM CD-ROM.  Here's what else I (might) have at
my
> > disposal:
> >
> > - Imation SuperDisk PCMCIA drive
> > - H45 QuickCD 16X PCMCIA drive
> > - MegaHertz Modem/LAN card (XJEM-something) PCMCIA
> > - Iomega Zip 100 Parallel drive
>
> > Right this minute, the only way to get data into this laptop is via the
> > (untested) modem card.  The LAN portion will come up once I get the
right
> > dongle.
>
>
> > I'm going to research installing FreeBSD 4.5 via a network connection,
but I'm
>
> I think that if you are planning to run primarily Linux software,
> you shouldn't run FreeBSD. Any emulation, including FreeBSD Linux
> emulation layer, costs extra resources, and you don't have plenty of
> them. By the way, Linux support of strange and oldish hardware always
> was better than FreeBSD one.
>
> So, I suggest you to install Linux instead.
>
>
> > assuming it's possible if both laptops (the one receiving FreeBSD and
the one
> > installing it on the receiver) are running Windows.
> It is much much better if machine supplying files would run some *nix.
> You don't need to own this second machine - ftp.debian.org would serve
> as well.
>
> You'll need to download few files under windows, then reboot into
> safe mode command prompt and run one of them. voila, you get Linux which
> allows you to continue installation via PCMCIA ethernet or even pcmcia
> modem with usial ISP account.
>
>
> >
> >
> > - FreeBSD 4.5
> > - XFree86
> > - Opera for Linux
> > - Mozilla for Linux (i386)
>
> Really, I cannot understand why one would run Mozilla for Linux
> on FreeBSD. Opera is closed source product, and you have no choice.
> But Mozilla is open, and nothing prevents you from building native
> version.
>
> > > I prefer to erase any remnant of DOS/Windows, too.
> >
> > Do I have enough firepower to pull this off?  I'm most concerned about
my
>
> You are right. Mozilla seems to be a bit problematic on 24 or even
> 40Mb. I got 64 on my Thinkpad 760ED and I cannot say that I'm satisfied
> with performance of Mozilla.
>
> > memory status.  I have 24 MB now, but the maximum is 40 MB.  Are there
popular
> > or critical components that I won't be able to run with this setup?
>
> Everything would run, given enough swap space, but Mozilla would be
> painfully slow. They recommend pII 266 processor.
>
> You can have better luck with Galeon or Skipstone, which use
> same renderer as Mozilla but have lighter GUI.
>
> >
> > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Vincent
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