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Doogee:
ok recently i got and old i486 SX computer for free.

What i want to do is connect it to my ADSL Router so i can use the internet and share files with my other computers.

The Computers i need to use to share files with are 2 win98se boxes and a Red Hat box (mine).

I cant use super large files because this i486 has NO CD-ROM just a floppy drive and a 40 meg hard drive (will get a new one soon though - whats the max i can get to work with win 3.11)


The reason im using win 3.11 is i personally think its one of the better versions of windows and because my first computer was a win 3.11 computer (i386 i think) so its kinda a sentimental thing.

Anyone wanna help me with my little project???


edit: by the way its win 3.11 for workgroups.

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Got Doogee? ]

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Got Doogee? ]

Calum:
i just tried a similar thing and i FAILED to get windows to network AT ALL. my strong urging to you is to get basiclinux and use it instead. In 40MB, you can probably get X installed and a lot of other stuff, and still have room for files and so on, and also it has a lot of networking stuff installed as standard.

I know you just said you wanted to use windows, but windows for workgroups 3.11 really let me down when i tried it for a couple of weeks there and i would recommend this linux instead.

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

Doogee:
MY DAD JUST FUCKING DROPPED MY FUCKING 486!

Doogee:
k if my computer still works at all im gonna do a hard drive install of basic linux...

my first question is how will i get DHCP to work? i need it for my ethernet adsl router thing...

basic linux is my way to go i think. it would be cool. would i be able to cram GCC and a decent text editor (sorry not VIm - need to learn that) maybe emacs, im pretty familiar with emacs.

basically what i want to be able to do is send emails browse the web a bit and do some c programming. Is ThIs PoSsIbLe On 40 megs with lots of bad clusters? (i did a DOS ScanDisc something like 80 or more bad clusters)

I should be able to get a new HD though, ive been helping the admin at my school and am going to be for the next (last) week of school. tomorrows scavanger day! ill have all kindsa shit.

Lets just hope this bitch 486 works aye...

choasforages:
A,) my dad for the most part doesn't touch any of my computers cuase even over non-issues i antaginize people for things they did months ago

B,)floppy linux?

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