In regards to the last post:

I'm pretty sure that my DeLi CD is messed up.
It installed all the extra apps in... 2 seconds? (read: it didn't)
And when I checked /dev/hda1, it looked as if all the /dev stuff had been put in /
So I'm actually quite happy it was just the CD/ISO, since that's easy to fix.

UPDATE: That was stupid.
Astuguor didn't have the RAM to do an install without a swap -- something I would of known had I read the wiki.
Let that be a lesson to ye.

My attempts to upgrade Astuguor to DeLi .8

Have failed.

I tried by the obvious method, installing it from CD, and LILO won't boot it (it looks like it's booting but then it hangs...).
I suppose I could use Smart Boot Manager to boot it then get help or reconfigure LILO (I noticed that during the install, no questions about the bootloader were asked, so maybe LILO is just confuzzled).
Unfortunately, I have no friggin clue on how to get to the BIOS setup to boot from a floppy, so I can't boot SBM.
Well crap, I'll have to work on reconfigging LILO from a LiveCD or something.

Syllable OS -- Not Linux, but...

Ok, so with 92% of Wolvix not cutting it for Nesuro, I decided I'd mess around with Syllable OS, which is not Linux, no matter how much it seems like it.
Nesuro flies with Syllable, I'm getting an amazing resolution, it boots in 40 seconds (30 seconds for that damn eMachines splash screen, 10 seconds for Syllable), uses 6% of my HDD at base, has some nice themes preinstalled, uses very little RAM, etc.
I love it, but I won't bother putting it on any other computer, they're fine with their distros.

In other, sad news, I think Oofleschmoop's hard drive has given out, so I'll try and find a replacement HDD.

Linux on old computers Forum!

I've seen a recent flurry of posts in Ubuntuforums regarding putting Linux on old computers, so I decided to make a forum to centralize this.
Link is here: http://looc.forumer.com (yes, Forumer. I fail. I know.)

Esteguan: Now on the internet!

I got the D-Link wireless card, and it works perfectly with Dreamlinux.
Only problem is that, (with Dreamlinux), I have no way of knowing what network I'm connected to.
I'm assuming it's connected to my home network, but what if I travel? (Which I will do frequently with it until I get Oofleschmoop working, because it's smaller than Blokhmen.)
I may just have to install nm-applet...
Update: I installed it and it's working fine now. I just have to remember to auto-start it.

Update time!

Regarding those 4 computers I got to take home.
I got X working on Nettlewark, but with 16MB RAM I may actually just install BasicLinux and compile twin
I got Arch working on Zileo, with e16 and a bunch of other fun apps. (like Netscape :D)
I got 92% of Wolvix installed on Nesuro, but since I fail at life the parts that didn't install were the package manager (Gslapt) and the terminal. And a bunch of other stuff.
I got X working on that Packard Bell too (with DeLi), which I didn't name yet. Uh, Zitrak?
Cool.
And I've come to the conclusion that Minix 2 would work well on that Packard Bell, the only problem being that I intend to run twin on it and I don't know the requirements for twin or if it will work on Minix 2.

4 more computers

Remember this one?
The one I failed to install DSL to?
Well, thanks to Smart Boot Manager, I managed to get DeLi on it. Despite a few minor issues (X not working), it runs nicely. I'm going to dub this one... uh... hmm... Nettlewark.




And this one, not sure if I discussed it yet, ate my CD last time. It works now (senile old computers), and DeLi is working on it too. Well, with the same issues.

It's a Packard Bell 820 (well, it says that's the model #...) with 30MB RAM.






I nabbed two more eMachines eTower 400i's (that makes 6...) one with 256MB RAM and the other with 128MB.

I'll dub them Zileo and Nesuro.
Screw logical naming schemes.

Although I didn't take these home, I did get to see a 1987 (I guess, latest copyright info) IBM PC


Don't worry, I just took the case off to dust it out.
It came with MS-DOS 4 in a floppy and IBM PC Basic without the MS-DOS floppy. It has 640K RAM (It should be enough for anybody) and what looks like no HDD. I was informed it was used for making bar codes.
Linux on it? Sure, find me a Linux distro that fits on a 1MB formatted 3.5" floppy and will run nicely in 640K.
I'll bake you cookies if you can get it to run X.




I then found a slightly less obsolete Packard Bell L.E.G.E.N.D. with 3MB RAM and MS-DOS (not sure which version). It has a 486 with who knows what clock speed. I think that Linux would actually be a bad idea for this, maybe I could try running FreeDOS with OpenGEM or KolibriOS.

I intend to come back because of a few Pro-Techs I'd like to try with Basic Linux (which I have the two floppies for now).