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On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Eric wrote:

> I have been considering learning the Unix environment and would like to 
> install Linux on a machine that is stand alone from my personal desktop. 
>  I have a laptop 482dx2 66mhz w8mb Ram that might be a contender.  My 
> question is, would there be any drawback to doing this?  Would there be 
> many initially installation difficulties (PCMCIA-related?).

I have installed Linux on laptops before.  It isn't difficult, but you may
be limited to a more "Generic" video driver set and modem cards.  On one
system, I had to use the generic VGA monochrome driver to get X11 running
(SLS circa 1994).

> Any response would be appreciated.


	Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
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