[Techtalk] Installing Linux on an older laptop

[txjulie at austin.rr.com]

Robyn Manning wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> If your machine has a CD-Rom you could try Knoppix. Knoppix is a
> bootable CD that loads into RAM without touching the existing hard
> drive. It's great as a rescue CD also.

Thanks -- I'll look into that as well.  I burned a CD already
with Tom's Root Boot thingy and it worked rather nicely.

So far I've only seen floppy and CD mini-distros.  Has no one
ever made a ZIP mini distro?
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