On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Bazooka Joe <fastfish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to install f8 on an older computer to be a fax server. No > gui (headless whatever). > > 256 mg ram > 866 mhz cpu > no dvd player > > I downloaded the boot.iso but the ftp and http installs don't work - I > think it might be a bug and will report unless others have gotten it > to work > > I am in the process of downloaded the live cd but am doubtful I will > get it to run on my limited resources. > > what should I do now? - any suggestions? Give up on f8? Go back to an > older version of fedora? Different distro, if so what? You really want to use a long lived distribution for your fax server. Try CentOS. All the familiarity and goodness of Red Hat/Fedora minus the logos. CD ISO images all the way back to CentOS 2 are still available. CentOS 5 is their latest version.
