Old Pacard Bell box

[Gregory Nowak]

It will difenetly run Linux without a problem.
I currently have Linux on a 100 MHz machine with 16 mb of ram, and a 850 mb hd, and it runs linux just fine.
Greg


On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 10:35:20AM -0600, BTBG wrote:
> Hi listers,
> I've been on the list before but it's been a couple years probably.
> 
> I have an old Packard Bell box. I no longer have the recovery CD and am
> having trouble finding a replacement.  It has been a good door stop and dust
> collector but now I've been wondering about running linux on it.
> 
> Sorry, I don't have the model number handy. It has a AMD K6 with about
> 366Mhz. 64 MB RAM. 6GB hard drive.  Don't know if the riptide sound
> card/modem still work. I have a DoubleTalk I can put into it.
> 
> Will it handle linux?  I have a box set of RedHat 6.1 that includes boot
> floppy and manuals.  I have moved a couple times since I bought it and will
> have to dig through some boxes to see if I can find the RedHat disks and
> stuff.  My son is using the computer up in his room at the moment just for
> playing a couple old games.
> 
> Any better, quicker, or easier ways to get the Packard Bell loaded with
> linux?  I need to have it talk to me.
> 
> from
> Keith H.
>  card
> 
> 
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