Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

[Denis Havlik]

:> > I've got an old 486 here that my friend wants to use as a
:> > firewall/proxy, but I can't install either mandrake or redhat on it due
:> > to the lack of ram (8mb) and it being a 486. On both, it stops at
:> > loading 2nd stage ramdisk. It's quite screwed, at least for windoze use,
:> > since it'll only boot with the hard drive set to slave, so I can't
:> > install a UMSDOS-based floppy distro. Does anyone have any suggestions
:> > as to what can be installed or what I can do to get mandrake onto it?

I doubt it that 8MB ram is a problem. as it happens, I booted a machine
with full M6.1 distribution on it, and only 8MB RAM! (Installing might be
another story though).

Anyway, there is no need for a full distro if you only want a
firewall/proxy. Take a look at some of the micro-distros, and 
be happy. A rather nice list can be found at "http://lwn.net" 
Be sure to trow-out everything you do not need - LESS IS MORE.

cu
        Denis
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