🚀 go-pugleaf

>I'm about to buy a Linux CD + book and set it up on my system, and I'd 
>appreciate it if some more experienced users would pass their eyes over 
>what I'm about to do and let me know if I'm going to run into any major 
>problems.
>
>Pre-exisiting system running under DOS/Windows 3.1. Configuration:
>
>- Pentium 90 Trident PCI motherboard & CPU, 512K cache.
>- 16 MB RAM.
>- Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM graphics card (supported now, aren't they?).
>- S30 16-Bit Audio Card (emulates Sound Blaster, I think).
>- ATAPI compliant CDU76E Quad-spin CD-ROM drive.
>- Seagate ATA Interface 850 MB HDD drive.
>- Genius hand-held TWAIN colour scanner (anyone know of TWAIN-complaint 
>Linux software? - this isn't too important).
>- No-name 28.8k fax-modem.

I have the same sort of setup as you:
- Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3c764 chipset)
- Pentium 100 PCI, 512 cache
- etc. (no scanner)

I just recently installed the Slackware 3.0 distribution of Linux in a 300M partition 
on my 1G HD.  I also have OS/2 warp and PC-DOS on seperate partitions.  OS/2's 
boot-manager handles all 3 bootable partitons like a dream.

I had no trouble setting up X either.  I installed Xfree86 3.1.2 and it recognised my 
 video card straight away. 


Sorry, can't suggest a book cause I'm still looking myself.

Kev. (in a hurry, sorry about typo's etc)



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Kevin Grant                                        K.Grant@its.gu.edu.au
Griffith University                                            Australia
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