Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-03-02 Thread Matthew London
Hi, Just thought I'd add my 2-penneth worth to this (even if it is highly off topic) On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Shadow Daemon wrote: Actually, I recently installed RedHat 6.1 on a 486/8Mb. The trick was to do a NFS install, and forget about the installation program the moment the

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-03-01 Thread Luciano Jose Alves
Ok, Ok ! Bruce wrote: I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am waiting with baited -- er, held -- breath for

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Dan Olson
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Bruce Irving wrote: I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am waiting with baited -- er,

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread MagerValp
"Dan" == Dan Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bruce I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux Bruce because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The Bruce setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux Bruce brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Alan Cox
I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires No. The current Linux is fine in 4Mb. The distribution installers with all their GUI garbage frequently require more. If you are trying to build

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Bart Hartgers
On 29 Feb, Alan Cox wrote: I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires No. The current Linux is fine in 4Mb. The distribution installers with all their GUI garbage frequently require

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread David Murn
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Ken Yap wrote: For the definitive list of Linux distributions, go to lwn.net/bigpage.phtml There are a few tiny distributions listed there that may install and run in as little as 2 MB. We used to run a very useful system (6 concurrent users) on 3.5mb, mainly running mail

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Shadow Daemon
Actually, I recently installed RedHat 6.1 on a 486/8Mb. The trick was to do a NFS install, and forget about the installation program the moment the shell-prompt appeared on the second console. I had to custom-create the boot disk and root fs, but I've got Slackware 7.0 running on a 386

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Thomas Stewart
last i checked freelsd required 5Mb to install/4Mb to run. on the linux front the least demanding has allways been slackware since you can setup swap before the instalation, and (at least for slackware 3.6) you didn't have to load the install image into a ramdisk OK i have to get in somewhere,

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Blaz Antonic
I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am waiting with baited -- er, held -- breath for ELKS to have networking

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-29 Thread Fenton Bittswaper
You might also try using a Slackware release as they have install floppies for ow memory and some docs on installing with low memory. I had a 386 with 2 meg. that ran pretty good. For graphics I used X-win with Twm. Regards Helm. --- Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 386 AND a

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-28 Thread Bruce Irving
I have a 386 AND a 486 that I am unable to bring up on Linux because the current version requires more than 8 MB ram. The setup that I want requires the greater security that Linux brings over bloat 95-2k. Currently, I am waiting with baited -- er, held -- breath for ELKS to have networking

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-24 Thread Alan Cox
Do any one had a linux ported to Hitachi processor.can elks can be used for embedded systems is there any one who is intrested for a linux kernel development. There is a standard linux port for SH3 Alan

Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

2000-02-23 Thread karunendra
Hi , Do any one had a linux ported to Hitachi processor.can elks can be used for embedded systems is there any one who is intrested for a linux kernel development. Hope to here from the hackers world and for a better development karunendra babu Hi all elks hackers. I am one