pcalvert

Try bblean. Very minimal shell, but quite functional. No eye candy.

Not really true. K-Meleon uses Gecko, just like Firefox. Therefore, it has some (but not all) of the same security holes as other browsers that use Gecko, like Firefox. In addition, K-Meleon is not updated by the developer very often. Sure, there are unofficial security updates available for K-Meleon. But do you really feel comfortable patching your browser with security updates that come from some semi-anonymous "Joe Schmoe"? Something to think about... Phil

Not necessary. It's actually more work to use that. The link I posted above explains how to do it in a simpler, cleaner, more complete way. One could try using that if one wanted to have the option of booting into a very minimal Windows 98. But for DOS only, it's overkill. Phil

Personally, I would install Vector Linux. It was designed to work well on older hardware. If you already have another computer with Windows on it, why not put something different on the laptop? Or you could set it up as a dual-boot system containing nLited Win2K and Vector Linux. BTW, just today I came across this (fairly) recent review of VectorLinux: A distro enlightened: VectorLinux 5.1 Deluxe Phil

You could also try QEMU. These are the main QEMU sites I've found: QEMU http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ FreeOsZoo http://free.oszoo.org/ Phil

I don't recommend that. I tried it a few months ago and was not impressed. It is basically experimental software for people who like to tinker. It's not usable as a normal desktop OS. But if you want to create some sort of very minimal bootable CD then you might give a try. Phil

Hi, This has already been done, more or less. Here you go: How to get MS-DOS 7.0 from Windows 95 or Windows 98 If you want to minimize disk space requirements, you could try deleting the Windows folder (or just not copying it). Or you could use 98Lite to install a minimal installation of Windows 98 SE (98micro). That way you'd also be able to run Windows 98 SE if you ever need to. BTW, 98lite is able to produce a stripped-down Win98SE that takes up less than 50 MB. That's less disk space than many software packages require! Phil