Hey all

So I've got this old IBM Thinkpad 760 (PI 166, 40MB, 2.1GB HDD, no USB, no floppy, not CD bootable) that somehow manages to run Win98 fairly stable (as Win boxes go) Unfortunately, I'm not big on the 8 minute boot up (that's only required Win services and virus scanner) So I'm thinking a light weight Linux distro could be just what I need. The catch is that the only working boot methods are HDD and network. I have a router available to my main machine but don't know much about network boots and only slightly more about *nix

The only thing I want this machine to do is run a word processor (preferably OpenOffice - file formats need to be compatible with the Windows boxes) and a web browser. A media player would be nice for a few rare occasions, but I understand that there is no Linux support for the MWave sound card in this machine anyways, so it's a null point.

So any suggestions on how to do this load and what distro to look for (I'm leaning towards release 7ish Red Hat or Mandrake but they may be more bloat than I want on this little machine)
Or am I just wasting my time on this whole idea? I don't really need this machine working, just thought it would be nicer to get it running rather than leaving it to rot in a corner

Thanx
Brandon