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Re: help please

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From: patrick
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 00:00
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robert jeffares wrote:

> I have been trying to set up linux in a box with a p100/32mb which will
> dial the ISP and handle mail and IP connections for a network of 5 pc's at
> our school.
> 
> we need local mail pc to pc and mail collected from the isp.
> 
> each pc may access the net from time to time.
> 
> we had a command line system running using debian which constantly dialled
> up as soon as the system disconnected.
> 
> we tried every kind of configuration to no avail.
> 
> so we decided to try again using mandrake because we had the cd's
> 
> we don't seem to have enough grunt to run mandrake
> 
> so can someone recommend which distribution we can use which will work,
> enable us to run mail and connection sharing, and can live with the p100
> 32mb. [there is room to put dram in but no $'s to buy it!]
> 
> or do we have to go to build from basic kernel.
> 
> 
> email replies direct to robert@pnn.org.nz as well as the newsgroup
> appreciated.
> 
> if this is the wrong place to post my apologies.
> 
> Robert Jeffares
> Laingholm
> New Zealand



some some people could look in their closets
and donate u some memory. then u could use
the best distro, Mandrake of course.


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Love is all u need.
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