On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Don Harrison wrote:
>
> I am currently using an old PC for ALL my computing [as it is all I have].
> I was wondering if I may be able to convert it to a linux box. It is old
> and VERY bare. It consists of the folllowing:
>
> 386SX 16MHz
> 2 Megs of RAM
> 512k on the video card
> 89 Meg HD
> NO CD-ROM :(
> 5.25" & 3.5" Floppies
>
> Right now I'm running Micro$loth 6.22 and Waffle/UUCP for my net connects.
> It is straight text [obviously], but fits my needs well for reading email
> and newsgroups. I wanted to know if the conversion from DOS to Linux could
> be possible with such an antiquated system.
Try finding an older distribution, based on kernel 1.2.x. That should work
with 2 megs. Don't even try RedHat 5.1 or Slackware 3.5.
Frank
>
> Thanx,
> Don
>
