[tlinux-users:07675] Re: Any tips for old Satellite Pro?

not familiar with that particular model.

but if you like DSL, you might also look at puppy.  similarities include live cd, about the same size (50-60M), price is the same..  puppy has better scripts for things like ethernet config, screen size, mounting USB sticks and the like (which covers your /etc/fstab problems).  I found that DSL doesn't think much of USB sticks unless they're inserted when you boot.



On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:01:27 +0000
Gavin Stevens <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> My first post here.
> 
> I was lucky enough recently to be given an old Satellite Pro 430CDS.
> 
> Fortunately it also came with the FDD in an external caddy.
> 
> So far I have done a HDD installation of DamnSmallLinux, which worked
> nicely but kept overwriting /etc/fstab every time it booted. Also, there
> seemed to be quite a lot missing. I'm not getting at DSL, which I think
> is a superb live-CD, but perhaps a bit too slim for a full installation
> to be happy.
> 
> My next mission was to get Debian installed, which is what I use on my
> other computers at home.
> 
> I eventually found a rescue floppy image that worked ("safe" from my old
> Woody CDs) & I now have a base install of Debian Woody with kernel
> 2.2.20. It might sound old, but I ran the same on an old PC for 3 years
> & it never, ever broke.
> 
> Having got this far, I suspect that I am doing quite well, but I was
> wondering if anyone had any top tips from experience of installing &
> using Linux on this model of laptop?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gavin.
>