Hi,
I just found this site, and I have an old machine I would like to make a webserver out of. I'm facing a no. of problems:
1. It's DVD drive is not working, so I can't use a CD to boot off of. The ROM also doesn't support booting off USB, so that's out. However, it just occurred to me that the *floppy* drive still works, and I also have a couple of old floppies lying around. They may be damaged, but anyway, suppose they DO work, is it possible to boot off of a floppy and have that floppy then boot from the USB stick?
I should point out that it's USB 1.1 (at least that's what I remember of the version nos., it's the one before 2.0), and I have 64 megs RAM.
and 2. How would I get it connected to the internet? It has no Ethernet slot, and my router doesn't have any USB output. Is it possible to use a WiFi USB adapter? Which of these will work out of the box with Slitaz? :
http://www.flipkart.com/search?q=usb+wifi+adapter&as=on&as-show=on&otracker=start&as-pos=3_q
I'd like it to be cheap as possible, of course.
Thanks, and I hope I can DO this with your help.