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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
IIRC it was a Jackass minimal CD. Same install for a stage three as Gentoo, although it'll probably take a day or more to compile everything depending on what you need. Also, if this has windows on it already, you can try UNetBootin to install from within windows.  |
Thanks all...
The HDD had a corrupt Win98 OS on it before I started formatting and partitioning for whichever Linux variant was tried.
Puppy was too much for it and it barely budged after about an hour after making a request (not enough memory). Vector Linux -- can't download a decent version (bad checksums).
I may try DSL or trustix. Honestly, my noobness currently requires a GUI, which likely steals from the total power available. On my newer machines, I've used OpenSuse, and a variety of Fedora releases with ease.
One is a backup server for 2 laptops (primary household workstations). So far, old, doorstop PCs have been saved from the recylcler.
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