> Chris Schumann wrote:
> >OK, I've got a very old laptop. 33MHz 486, no CD drive. I want to run Linux
> >on it.

Can you get networking up and push Zipslack on to a dos formatted disk?

http://www.slackware.com/zipslack/

Once you have Zipslack installed, you should be able to add Slackware
packages or compile most anything else you might need.  If you can't get
the big zip file on the disk, you could try removing the disk and hook
it up to one of those ide converters that converts laptop ide spacing to
regular ide desktop spacing for a few bucks (usually around $5-$15).

If you can get Debian installed and have the disk space for updates,
that would be the best route for maintainability, but if you have the
pin header converter, the next version of Zipslack can get you all the
updates you need, and just update packages inbetween releases if you
need to.

Kelly Black
KB0GBJ