Upgrading 98????

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Hendo90

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Hi,
Is anyone aware of any free OS (Linux maybe) that would run on an old windows 98 system. Just been ‘decommissioned’ and i want to play around with it to see what i can do, and i know that it won’t be alot. It has 64 MB ram, and found an old 34 i think, can i just put that in and it will be 98 MB of ram? And a 10.3 Gb hard drive. Oh how technology has come along. I know it will be slow, but just want to see what will happen. Has 2 cd drives, ones a burner and a floppy if that helps.
Thanks peoples.
 
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One thing seen there would be a 32mb not 34mb simm for the old case. That's how sizes were seen except in the case of server builds where 48mb was the odd number. The older Linux as well as smaller ones were capable of running with only 4mb of memory installed leaving that covered well.

You can try a number of distros available at this time depending on the "flavor of the month" as review writers comment enough times. You will probably find that they will actually run faster then 98 there. First you may want to try a few live for cd versions like ubuntu or Mandriva for the feel and preference before planning any actual installation to the drive. A cd burner helps!
 
yea thanks i couldn't remeber what the numbers were. i am currently downloading UbuntuStudio for my other computer. should i try that? but ubuntu wants 256mb for minimum. should i just play with that instead?
and i just looked, it had a 64mb, and i found an old 32 laying around, can i just clip that in next to it? will that give a massive 96mb of raw speed?
 
The distro you select will have a bearing on how much memory will be needed as well as what the maximum for that board is. Does it go upto 512 or just 128 or 256mb there? The specifications on the board itself plus how old the distro actuall will determine what will run on it. The newer ones have more things included explaining the higher minimum needed
 
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