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under windows, any decent cd burning app will have an option to make an iso disk. Make sure you dont just make a data cd with the image on it though.

you could always compile a somewhat generic kernel that you are sure will work with the new hardware, and then just stick it in /boot and set up a new grub entry. You can then just swap out the hardware and boot up into the new kernel. -march=pentium compile options may prove a problem (you...

Like I said before, I would really recommend that you spend the time to download the .debs for the latest xorg version. Xfree is deprecated and being phased out of use in basically every distro, due to a non gpl compatible license change in 4.4. Not to mention xorg is working to improve on the...

You will need to make sure your live cd has the right filesystem tools for whatever you want to use. Any newer one should have them all (kernel support and mk<whatever>fs) btw disk managment is run--> diskmgmt.msc

I dont think I;ve ever seen any linux vs windows overclocking results. If you do do it, i would be very interested to see what you turned up. Just see how high you can get using the same chip, and making sure both are 100% stable.

do you have a kernel with the correct alsa driver options? you will need to specify i8x0 under device drivers->sound->alsa->pci devices and recompile your kernel. but first, see if you already have the modules see if find /lib/modules -name *.ko | grep i8x0 returns anything. If it does...

you should go through xf86config (isnt that the cli version)? to setup xfree for you. As long as you can boot to a command prompt fine now, you are in good shape. Assuming you have the .debs of xfree 4.4 (although i would _highly_ recommend switching to xorg,) you can just run dpkg -i <full...

it should be there. Go to the device driver section specified above, and you might as well compile it in as its not like you will be removing sound support ever. Once you have the kernel compiled with the correct driver, emerge alsa-utils (you should already have it), and run amixer set...

Although that is too hot for idle (it might be ok for a prescott w/ load) I dont think the tips of the heatsink fins will be very hot. It would be a horrible idea to judge temperature by touching the fins, a few inches away from the actual die.

you should be fine with just a hardware firewall for a default linux install. Just make sure no servers you dont want are running. netstat should get you relevant info. if you are going to have a machine connected directly, you should probably work on some securing, especially if it is having...

err.. i wouldnt exactly call emerge kde a lot of work. Try installing a large package with all of its dozens of dependancies and configure options by hand, from source. :( I got fed up with this on slackware, now i am moving to debian. The one and only reason is package managment...

I agree entirely, however decent shell knowladge is extremely useful in general use, scripting can save hours on tasks.

if you have a way to do this in your distro, use the gui to install the development set of rpms. you can probably get them of your installation cd, and then if you need a newer version of gcc (3.4 current?) or something you can download just the required rpms. Hopefully you dont have circular...

I was reading through the gentoo power managment guide (should be in their doc section). It gives a lot of info on how to set up acpid, which you could probably use to moniter for a battery. There are a couple of init scripts that check whether it is plugged in or not, and sets power...

just fyi, a 600 mhz pentium with that much ram would not really be considered too old or slow in the *nix world, (without its forced upgrade cycles every year or two by one unnamed os vendor...). you should have no problem running x, even with a full desktop env. like kde or gnome. you may...