Glad I could be of help. Enjoy. :)
~Jay
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, John C Cusick wrote:
} To All;
}
} The responses to my question have been all but
} overwhelming !! Thank you. If nothing else I sure
} piqued at least a few people's curiousity and definitely
} my own :-)
}
} To Richard Adams and the rest who primarily pointed
} out the lack of ram, I was afraid that would be the killer.
}
} I too have run it on a 386sx w/4 megs ( 210mb isa drive)
} and quickly upgraded to 8 megs. slo-o-o-o-w at 4, no doubt
} about it. At 8 megs though it runs like a charm and has been
} running 7/24 for many many months w/ax25-utils and xfbb (no X).
} without a problem.
}
} Our local RACES group has been impressed and want to upgrade
} the local system along with two satelite compaq's and make them TCP/IP
} capable for emergency use. These satelite boxes are so old,
} memory may be a problem to find, but I'll give it a shot.
}
} After all, with Linux the only way to learn and improve the entire
} system (user knowledge, software et al) is by doing.
}
} To Jay Jacobson, your system looks intriqing and I thing I may
} start there.
}
} My other thought is a basic slackware rescue disk with net-tools
} and tie it into my other 386 and just swap the glibc system over.
}
} I'll let you all know how it turns out, and thanks again for
} all the encouraging and, yes, the not so encouraging responses.
}
} (I really love these lists - can you imagine M$ responding this
} quickly and accurately ??).
}
} JC
}
}
} On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:04:26 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
} >Gentlemen and Ladies,
} >
} > Has anyone tried or know of anyone
} >who has tried to squeeze a basic linux system onto
} >a '386 w/2 megs of ram and a 65 meg hd ?? (grin:-)
} >
} >This will act as a portable terminal only for amateur radio.
} >Obviously X is not an option.
} >......
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