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Article:		Tales of Rescuing Old Hardware
Subject:		Debian
Date:		2005-05-09 16:11:43
From:		krezel

Debian is also a great distro for rescuing old machines. You can do a network install using packages from the web using only a few floppies. And using "debootstrap" (Debian Boostrap) you don't even need a floppy drive. If you can mount the hard drive in a machine with Debian running on it, you can use debootstrap to install a minimal bootable version of Debian with apt-get installed so you can build up from there. I installed Debian on an old Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 using a USB hard drive case. After removing the hard drive and putting it in the USB case, I just dumped a base system on it using debootstrap, installed SSH, and configured the network settings. Then it was as simple as logging in over SSH and finishing the job.

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Debian
2005-08-17 00:58:22 ozziehorst [View]

I just bought a Stylistic 2300 and intend to run Debian on it. Could you please give me a few tips regarding configuration of power management and stylus/tablet functionality? (e.g. a X configuration file would be much appreciated too)