BasicLinux on Nettlewark

It's installed to the hard disk, LILO and all.
Now, for the interesting part -- boot time.
Coldboot to "Please press Enter to activate this console. _" is...
Around 45 seconds (not a scientific measurement).
On a Pentium I.
Wow.

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).

Two old computers, and pics.

So, today I brought home the Presario.




But, I also got an eMachine (read: piece of crap) with 192 MB RAM 400MHz Celeron, and a 4GB Hard drive.
While it should load Xubuntu, I got some very strange errors trying to load the LiveCD.
Same with all the other Debian based distros (I tried Knoppix, Dreamlinux, and Xubuntu)
I had to install MEPIS (only thing I had at the time), but it's a bit too heavy. I can't figure out how to decrease the KDE effects either.


Although I don;t have it here at home, I did have an old Pro-Tech with these specs.
132MHz Processor, 16MB RAM, and a 1 GB Hard drive. After failing miserably to install DSL via Poorman's (it wouldn't boot from CD)
Also, it had a rather weird screen color. I totally destroyed it anyways, so I'm gonna have to try getting an OS that fits on a floppy.




On a lighter note, just before I left, I managed to install DSL on another Pro-Tech Machine, which seemed slightly newer (or just had better specs).
132MHz Processor
32MB RAM
1.5GB Hard drive

I was succesfully able to install DSL on this one, however, it took me three tries (GRUB wasn't working, so I had to use LILO)


Well, that makes, uhm...
5/7 of my Computers now have Linux.
And I'm getting two more (maybe three, but don't count on it) tomorrow.