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
Don..
YEs by all means, it would make a Great non-xwin linux box!!
Just perk up your ram a bit..8MB makes a nice little system..
You can pick 1 MB chips up for $1 or $2 these days...You probably have 8
slots total.
I make a living from my 486 SX 25mhz linux box...believe it or not.
you'll need to do a pretty minimal install, of course, and only do the
software you TRULY need, but my original instal was about 65 Meg...
Do a swap partition of 20 meg and it'll run just fine.
Tom (I haven't had to reboot my computer in over 3 days) Myro
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