Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-08 Thread Bradley Bell
be sure to check out http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cliff.lawson/xtpcs.htm for some useful info on those old amstrads. -brad On Thu, 4 May 2000, Juha Siltala wrote: elks will take two 360k disks: boot and root disks. You can either make them from ready-to-go images or (better for localised

Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-04 Thread Juha Siltala
elks will take two 360k disks: boot and root disks. You can either make them from ready-to-go images or (better for localised keyboards) build your own. J.S. On Wed, 3 May 2000, Jan Dobrucki wrote: Hi, I've gotten more information than I expected. Unfortunately I don't have a manual for

Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-03 Thread Juha Siltala
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jan Dobrucki wrote: Hi folks. I have a little problem. I got an Amstrad PC1640 HD20. Real old. I don't even know how much RAM it has. So tell me, any hope for porting Lunux to it, or do I have to find myself a 386 with 4 MB of RAM? Regards, Jan Dobrucki Hi Jan,

RE: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-03 Thread Jakov af Wallby
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Kalogirou Harilaos wrote: The amstrad PC1640 has nothing to do this 286 and 386 , it is just an 8086 based machine... The one we are talking about obviously has 20MB harddisk... Try Minix on it. Minix got BSD-licensed a few weeks ago. Jakob

Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-03 Thread Jan Dobrucki
Hi, I've gotten more information than I expected. Unfortunately I don't have a manual for my AMSTRAD so I'm not sure what configuration settings I can change. Minix and Elks sound very promissing. Question, do they fit on a floppy with 360Kb of memory? Or do I need a 1.44Mb? Cheers. Jan

Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-02 Thread Dan Olson
Hi folks. Hi. Well, looks like there aren't any other folks out there with an answer, so why don't I take a shot at this one :) I have a little problem. I got an Amstrad PC1640 HD20. Real old. Well, really old means a lot of different things to different people. I thought the couple

Re: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-02 Thread Alex Holden
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jan Dobrucki wrote: I have a little problem. I got an Amstrad PC1640 HD20. Real old. I don't even know how much RAM it has. So tell me, any hope for porting Lunux to The answer's in the question. It has 640KB of RAM and was sold with a 20MB hard drive. I think the processor

RE: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-02 Thread Rod Boyce
] Subject:Re: Linux for a really old computer Hi folks. Hi. Well, looks like there aren't any other folks out there with an answer, so why don't I take a shot at this one :) I have a little problem

RE: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-02 Thread Kalogirou Harilaos
The amstrad PC1640 has nothing to do this 286 and 386 , it is just an 8086 based machine... The one we are talking about obviously has 20MB harddisk... HarKal

RE: Linux for a really old computer

2000-05-02 Thread Michael McConnell
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Kalogirou Harilaos wrote: The amstrad PC1640 has nothing to do this 286 and 386 , it is just an 8086 based machine... The one we are talking about obviously has 20MB harddisk... ...and the floppy discs were 360K. (I had one until late last year, when I gave it away...)