Re: tlug: Giving an old pc a new purpose in life?

["linuxwiz" <linuxwiz@example.com>]

If you do sys admin you could put the zip slack on it and then use Trinux to
sniff the traffic and other security related stuff
jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: John Seebach <jseebach@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: tlug: Giving an old pc a new purpose in life?


> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:45:07PM +0900, Jonathan Q wrote:
>
> > Yeah, the floppy problem sure does add a twist.  If you have/get/can
> > borrow a supported PCMCIA SCSI card and a drive, I think (someone please
> > confirm this) you can use a bootable CD-ROM if your BIOS supports that
> > (it may not, considering its age; fire it up and see if the BIOS has a
> > boot sequence option that includes CDROM).
>
> Nope. I'd already checked that one.
>
> > If you can't boot a CDROM, you may be able to start the install using
> > the loadlin utility to boot Linux from Windows, but I don't know if you
> > can use it to do a network install or not.  If you can, loadlin, a
> > PCMCIA network card, and a local box with the Linux CD NFS mounted or
> > set for anon ftp will do the job.
>
> That's what I'm hoping to do, until I lost the floppy cable. I've been
> halfheartedly looking for a replacement for a while now with no luck --
> I'll check out those junk shops you mentioned (where are they?)
>
> Although part of me (clearly, the part that has way too much free time on
> my hands) wants to see if I can figure out a way to do it without a
floppy.
>
> Oh, and I think I want to try Green Frog, if it can handle a NFS install.
I
> once installed Windows 95 and SCO OpenServer (separate machines) entirely
> from floppy in the space of two weeks at an old job, and I'd rather spend
> eternity listening to Enka than touch that many floppies again. (My
> apologies to you Mori Shinichi fans out there...)
>
> > Anybody wanna try installing Linux on John's notebook at the nomikai if
> > he can come up with a floppy cable by Friday?  :-)
>
> If I can come up with a floppy cable, I'll bring it. The bigger problem is
> getting to Tokyo, although I'd like to make it up for one of the meetings
> if I can one of these days.
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> anybody have any ideas of what I can use the little bugger for once I *do*
> stuff linux into it?
>
> john
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