[PLUG] Success with Debian on Dell Latitude LM! (40 Meg RAM)

[Mitchell Maltenfort <mmalten@comcast.net>]

Since I got help and support on this project from the PLUG list, I 
reckoned I should share what I did and how it worked.

Recap: Dell laptop (Latitude LM) with 40 Meg RAM, 2.1 HD, Pentium 133 MHz.

New wrinkle: it won't boot off a CD!  I would have to install off a 
floppy.  So I went with a Debian stable install, which can be done via 4 
floppies. 

With the Ethernet card Darian provided (thanks, Darian!), I could access 
the larger package selection. I used the default partition options, 
which included a 112 Meg swap file. 

Fluxbox for desktop, no Gnome or KDE, and dillo for my web browser  But 
it seems to work -- no speed demon, but not noticeably lagging either.  
Kernel is 2.4.27, since I reckoned I'd be safer with an older kernel on 
an older laptop. 

This thing will be used as a traveling typewriter, and I'll get files in 
and out via floppy -- or via memory stick.  I just have to decide if I 
want to buy a USB floppy drive for my home machines, or a USB adapter 
for the Dell.

Thanks again...

Regards,

Mitch
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