The only linux I could get to run on my thinkpad 500 with 4 meg
was Small Linux. I tried about 10 others but they needed more memory than I had.
www.superant.com
-Garry
-----Original Message-----
From: Dexter Graphic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 5:32 PM
To: Dan Robinson
Cc: EUGLUG
Subject: [EUG-LUG:2534] Linux micro-distributions
Dan, this might solve your laptop problems. Take a look at Wolf
below, also tiny Linux: http://tiny.seul.org/en/ -Dexter
>From http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2102&lang=en
Question:
I have a problem, and I've been asking for help for a while and
nobody could come up with a solution. I have a very old
notebook, 386 processor with 4 MB RAM and floppy is the only
input, which linux would run with this limited hardware, and
where to find it?
Answer:
A handful of linux micro-distributions exist which run from a
single floppy. Some are meant to be used as a rescue tool,
others as firewalls, third as... Here is a short list, just for
illustration:
Pocket Linux: simple workstation with ssh client.
http://www.pocket-lnx.org/about.html
WOLF (Web On a Linux Floppy): Several simple client
distributions; webbrowsing with lynx, email, ftp.
http://www.woalf.uklinux.net/
LRP rooter...
http://master-www.linuxrouter.org:8080/
Giotto. Modular mini distro. Various stuff...
http://www.quietsche-entchen.de/giotto/
floppyfw. Firewall...
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
There is more, but this is enough for the illustration, I
suppose... The problem is: Most (all?) of these
mini-distributions require 8Mb RAM. Many require i486 too.
