Re: halp, installing on older comp

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thx - i am downloading centos 5 and f8 dvd to try a usb hd install.  I
have been a devout fedora user but maybe it's time to give centos a
try.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
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