On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, Baskette, John wrote:
> I have a friend who is getting a free 386SX machine. He is not even certain
> at this point of the memory or HD size, but it will probably be about 4MB
> RAM and maybe 340 MB disk space.
>
> He is reasonable knowledgable and would like to put a Linux distribution on
> this machine for educational purposes -- to learn Linux and in networking.
>
> What would be the best distribution to use for this?
>
>
Slackware, almost certanly, and if possable slackware 3.4 to 3.6 to
start with. Make sure he/you read the LOWMEM.TXT and README files
before doing anything.
Keep the swap partition as low as possable, abut 8 meg, 340 MB
should allow you ro install the a ap and n series disks, + the x
server, check afterwards how much room you have left after the
install, remember to condifure interfaces at install time as well.
If you have enough space left over you can add the disk series
for development with pkgtool, thee i no need to keep reinstalling
after you find out that you have more space than you thought.
Remember one thing. ITS gonna be a slow machine.
Do not start to many daemons at boottime, otherwise you will be
waiting something like 5 to 10 minutes to login. I know i've been
there and done that.
> John Baskette
> ex. 4385
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Regards Richard
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