On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 04:24:53PM -0700, phantom wrote:
> You could definitely run a minimal Linux install on that machine, 400 megs for
> the main filesys, and the other HD for swap space. Since you won't be needing
> X Windows, Linux should be able to fit just fine without too much hacking and
> scraping. Debian may be a good way to go there, because of the good package
> management and because the kernel is slightly older (with Deb 2.1 anyway), and
> it has less "fluff" stuff in the default installation profiles.
Well new kernels can be a good thing. AX.25 stuff keeps getting better.
I like Debian also, but the install process involves some Perl code,
which is kinda slow. I was really surprised when I installed Slackware
3.1 on one of my 486's, how the base plus the compiler/libs/etc for
compiling a kernel all fit into less than 40 megs. And I'd forgotten
how fast and easy it was. Ah, those were the days. :-) But I switched
to Debian because it's easier to maintain long-term; you can upgrade
packages one-at-a-time with less breakage because it keeps track of
dependencies.
>
> How much RAM is on it? If its 16MB or less you might want to look into more-
> RAM is cheep ;-).
Yeah. Hopefully it has 72-pin slots. With 8 30-pin slots as was common
in older systems, 32 megs would be the limit.
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