Specifications

No use here. Omitted.
loadlin
Not needed with the setup described here − unless your old laptop has some peculiarity that
requires a DOS driver to initialise some of its devices. Omitted.
lpr
You could argue that you can do your printing from whichever desktop is nearest but I
always find it useful to be have printing capabilities on a laptop. Included.
minicom
Not a compulsory include but I want the laptop to do dial−up connection. Very handy.
Included.
pciutils
Not needed on these old laptops. Omitted.
quota
Not vital but it can be used to set limits that stop you from overflowing the limited space
available in these laptops. Included.
tcsh
I recommend using ash as your login shell. Only include this if you need it for scripts.
Omitted.
umsprogs
You can leave this out and still be able to access UMSDOS floppies. Omitted.
scsimods
No use on these laptops. Omitted.
sysklogd
This can interfere with apmd but it does provide essential information. Included.
Packages installed:
aaa_base, bash, bash1, bin, bzip2, cpio, cxxlibs, devs, e2fsprog, elflibs, elvis, etc, fileutils, find, floppy,
fsmods, glibcso, gpm, grep, gzip, hdsetup, infozip, kbd, ldso, less, lilo, man, modules, modutils, pcmcia,
sh_utils, shadow, sudo, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, txtutils, util, zoneinfo
Combined size: 33.4
4mb−Laptops
Packages installed: 15