Re: [expert] 386 system

[Alan Shoemaker]

Derek....try Peanut, it's a 48 meg download and installs from dos to a
150 meg or larger partition.  It's a pretty complete distro for its
relatively small size.

http://metalab.unc.edu/peanut/

Alan


Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> 
>         I need to install off a 386 with 8MB RAM, acrossed the network.
> Redhat 6.0 requires 16MB of RAM, so I can't do it (it craps out).
> 
>         Will the non-Pentium version of Mandrake work?  If not, can anyone
> recommend a good distro for low-end hardware?  I'd prefer to use an
> RPM-based system, but that is not required.
> 
>         It has a 250MB hard drive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Derek